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Course Code: B-PHY-302 Course Name: Statistical Mechanic |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | STATISTICAL PHYSICS-I MicroscopicandMacroscopicsystems,events-mutuallyexclusive,dependentand independent.Probability,statisticalprobability,A-prioriProbabilityandrelation betweenthem,probabilitytheorems,someprobabilityconsiderations,combinations possessingmaximumprobability,combinationpossessingminimumprobability,Tossing of2,3andanynumberofCoins,Permutationsandcombinations,distributionsofN(for N=2,3,4)distinguishableandindistinguishableparticlesintwoboxesofequalsize, Micro and Macro states,Thermodynamical probability, Constraintsand Accessible states, Statisticalfluctuations,generaldistributionofdistinguishableparticlesincompartments ofdifferentsizes,Conditionofequilibriumbetweentwosystemsinthermalcontact--β parameter, Entropyand Probability(Boltzmann’srelation). |
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| 2 | STATISTICAL PHYSICS-II Postulatesofstatisticalphysics,Phasespace,DivisionofPhasespaceintocells,three kindsofstatistics,basicapproachinthreestatistics.M.B.statisticsappliedtoanideal gasinequilibrium-energydistributionlaw(includingevaluationofơandβ),speed distributionlaw&velocitydistributionlaw.Expressionforaveragespeed,r.m.s.speed, averagevelocity,r.m.s.velocity,mostprobableenergy&meanenergyforMaxwellian distribution |
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| 3 | QUANTUM STATISTICS NeedforQuantumStatistics:Bose-Einsteinenergydistributionlaw,ApplicationofB.E. statisticstoPlanck'sradiationlawB.E.gas,DegeneracyandB.E.Condensation,FermiDiracenergydistributionlaw,F.D.gasandDegeneracy,FermienergyandFermi temperature, FermiDiracenergydistributionlaw,FermiDiracgas energyandFermitemperature,FermiDiracenergydistributionlawforelectrongasin metals,Zeropointenergy,Zeropointpressureandaveragespeed (at0K)ofelectrongas, Specificheatanomalyofmetalsanditssolution.M.B.distributionasalimitingcaseof B.E. andF.D. distributions, Comparison of three statistics. |
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| 4 | THEORY OF SPECIFIC HEAT OF SOLIDS Dulong and Petitlaw.DerivationofDulong and Petitlawfromclassicalphysics, Specific heatatlowtemperature,Einsteintheoryofspecificheat,CriticismofEinsteintheory, Debyemodelofspecificheatofsolids,successand shortcomingsofDebyetheory, comparisonof Einstein and Debyetheories, |
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