Thermodynamic and Statistical Mechanics, Self Guided Course
General Information
Lecture 1: General Introduction
Lecture 2: Temperature and the Boltzmann factor
Lecture 3: Kinetic theory of gas, including Maxwell-Boltzmann
Lecture 4: First Law of Thermodynamics
Lecture 5: Second Law of Thermodynamics
Lecture 6: Entropy
Lecture 7: Information and Entropy
Lecture 8: Thermodynamic potentials
Lecture 9: Rods, bubbles, and magnets
Lecture 10: Third Law of Thermodynamics
Lecture 11: Equipartition of energy
Lecture 12: The partition function
Lecture 13: Statistical mechanics of an ideal gas
Lecture 14: Chemical Potential
Lecture 15: Photons
Lecture 16: Phonons
Lecture 17: Ultra-relativistic gas
Lecture 18: Real gas
Lecture 19: Cooling real gas
Lecture 20: Phase transition
Lecture 21: Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac Distributions
Lecture 22: Quantum Gases and Condensates
Complement 1: Exact Differential
Complement 2: Combinatorics and Probability Distributions
Complement 3: Integral Appendix
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Index
A
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B
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C
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D
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E
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F
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G
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H
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I
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J
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K
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L
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M
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N
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O
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P
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Q
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R
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S
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T
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V
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Z
A
Adiabatic compressibility
Adiabatic expansion
Adiabatic expansivity
Adiabatic index
Anharmonicity
Aspects
availability function
average information
Average kinetic energy
B
Black body cavity
Black body radiation
Boltzmann factor
Boltzmann's entropy
Bose-Einstein distribution
C
Canonical ensemble:
Carnot cycle
Cavity
Chemical potential
Clausius' inequality
Collision cross-section
Collision time
Critical temperature
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[1]
D
Debye temperature
Degeneracy
Diathermal material
Dieterici equation
Dispersion relation
distribution function
Dulong-Petit equation
E
Einstein temperature
Endothermic
Energy density
Engine
Engine efficiency
Ensembles
Equation of state
Equilibrium constant
equipartition theorem
Ergodicity
Exact differential
Exothermic
Extensive variable
F
Fermi gas
Fermi level
Fermi surface:
Fermi-Dirac distribution
Fugacity
Function of state
G
Gamma function
General susceptibility
Gibbs' entropy
Gibbs' probability distribution
Gibbs-Helmholtz equations
Grand canonical ensemble
Grand Partition Function
Grand Potential
H
Heat
Heat capacity
Heat engines
Heat reservoir
Helmholtz free energy
I
Ideal gas
ideal gas
Ideal gas equation
Indistinguishable particles
inexact differential
Intensive variable
Internal energy
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[1]
Inversion curve
Isenthalpic process
Isentropic
Ising
Isobar
Isobaric expansivity
Isochore
Isothermal compressibility
Isothermal expansion
Isothermal Young's modulus
J
Joule coefficient
Joule expansion
Joule-Kelvin coefficient
Joule-Kelvin expansion
K
Kinetic theory
L
Le Chatelier principle
Linear expansivity at constant tension
Luminosity
M
magnetic susceptibility
Maxwell's demon
Maxwell's relations
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[1]
Maxwell-Boltzmann
Mean free-path
Micro canonical ensemble
Mole
N
Natural variable
Natural variables
O
Optical modes
Osmotic pressure
Otto cycle
P
Paramagnetism
Partition Function
Partition function
Phonon
Polylogarithm function
Pressure
Q
Quantum concentration
R
Reciprocal theorem
Reciprocity theorem
Reservoir
Reversible process
Reversible work
rms speed
S
selfish sign convention
Shannon Entropy
Solid angle
Spectral absorptivity
Spectral emissive power
Stirling approximation
strain
stress
Supercooled vapor
Superheated liquid
Surface tension
T
The Metropolis Algorithm
Thermal equilibrium
Thermal wavelength
Thermally isolated
Thermodynamic limit
Thermodynamic potentials
Thermometer
Triple point
Trouton's rule
Two-level system
V
van 't Hoff equation
Virial expansion
Z
Zeta function