FY811: Thermal Physics II
Study Board of Science
Teaching language: Danish, but English if international students are enrolled
EKA: N510026112, N510026102
Assessment: Second examiner: None, Second examiner: External
Grading: Pass/Fail, 7-point grading scale
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Spring
Level: Master
STADS ID (UVA): N510026101
ECTS value: 5
Date of Approval: 24-10-2018
Duration: 1 semester
Version: Archive
Comment
Entry requirements
Academic preconditions
Course introduction
The course gives an introduction to the fundamental concepts of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics and shows their applications to selected physical and chemical systems and to the interpretation of experiments
Expected learning outcome
After having attended the course, the students are expected to be able to:
- Explain and apply the statistical basis of the laws of thermodynamics
- Apply the relationships betwen thermal response functions and statistical correlations
- Formulate and use equilibrium conditions in statistical mechanics
- Apply the most common ensembles for calculations of average and dispersion values of standard variables
- Calculate thermodynamics functions for classical and quantum gases
- Write down partition sums for molecules and solids and calculate the appropriate thermodynamic variables
- Apply the mean field approximation for strongly interacting systems
- Understand theories for the mechanisms behind electronic components (semiconductors, diodes, transistors, and solar cells)
- Use the theories to practical applications of these electronic components.
Content
- The topics are applications of statistical mechanics to simple, realistic systems, e.g. quantum systems, phase and chemical equilibria, and the mean field theory of interacting systems.
- The theory behind the electronic properties of semi-conductors, diodes, transistors and solar cells.
- Experimental exercises illustrate the importance of Fermi-Dirac statistics for the description of the properties of solids (diodes, transistors and solar cells). A report is prepared, which must contain: the needed theory, the measured data, and an interpretation of the data.
- Vibration and rotation spectra for diatomic molecules.
- Einstein’s and Debye’s theories of lattice vibrations
- Black body radiation and Bose-Einstein condensation
- Phase changes are discussed on a statistical mechanical basis.
- Mean field theory of interacting systems: Ising model of ferro-magnetism and Debye-Hückel theory of diluted ionic solutions.
Literature
Examination regulations
Prerequisites for participating in the exam a)
Timing
Spring
Tests
Participation in experimental exercises
EKA
N510026112
Assessment
Second examiner: None
Grading
Pass/Fail
Identification
Full name and SDU username
Language
Normally, the same as teaching language
Examination aids
To be announced during the course
ECTS value
0
Additional information
The prerequisite examination is a prerequisite for participation in exam element a).
Exam element a)
Timing
Spring
Prerequisites
| Type | Prerequisite name | Prerequisite course |
|---|---|---|
| Examination part | Prerequisites for participating in the exam a) | N510026101, FY811: Thermal Physics II |
Tests
Three written project reports followed by an oral exam with the project reports as a starting point.
EKA
N510026102
Assessment
Second examiner: External
Grading
7-point grading scale
Identification
Full name and SDU username
Language
Normally, the same as teaching language
Examination aids
To be announced during the course
ECTS value
5