Department of Physics

10ΥΚΟ34 Statistical Physics I

Course webpage:  https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS140

Course outline

Course content

• Foundations of classical statistical physics.
• Isolated system. Microcanonical ensemble.
• System in a thermal bath. Canonical ensemble.
• Thermal system in the presence of generalized external forces: Pressure, chemical potential. Gibbs distribution. Grand canonical ensemble.
• Interacting systems. Phase transitions. Mean field theory: Lattice gas model.
• Quantum statistics. The Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac distributions.
• Ideal quantum gases: Degenerate Fermi gas, Bose-Einstein condensation.