Statistical mechanics

MSE-421

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Summary

• Classical thermodynamics - a recap from an axiomatic perspective

• Probability and statistics - a recap

• Ensembles and distributions

• Phonons and thermophysical properties of solids

• Indistinguishable particles - electrons and the Fermi distribution

• Phase transitions - the Ising model and the ferromagnetic transition

• Theory of liquids - radial distribution functions

• Flory theory of polymers - a statistical approach