Last Modified: Wednesday, December 17th,
2008 at 08:30. Announcements
Advanced Statistical Mechanics 501503761
Instructor Saed Dababneh Homepage email: saed@dababneh.com alternatively dababneh@bau.edu.jo
Prerequisites
None.
General course content
Review of thermodynamics, canonical ensemble
and grand canonical ensemble, quantum statistical mechanics, the partition
function, ideal Fermi gas, ideal Bose gas, liquid He; Ising
model.
Text
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Statistical Mechanics (2nd
edition). Kerson Huang. Wiley.
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Statistical Mechanics. R. K. Pathria.
Pergamon Press.
Grading
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First Exam |
20% |
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Second Exam |
20% |
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HW’s and quizzes |
05% |
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Project |
05% |
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Final Exam |
50% |
Class
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Tuesday 15:00 – 18:00
General instructions
Homeworks
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Homeworks are due after one week
unless otherwise announced.
Projects
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Will be discussed in class.
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Projects (written version) are due on
December 30th, 2008.
Announcements ZZZZZZ
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HW’s and Exams
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Level
Test intended to collect information about the background of the students
before starting the course.
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First
exam and solutions.
Useful Downloads
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