Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

PHY 314 - Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics

4 credits (Fall or Spring)
A study of thermodynamics from classical and statistical points of view. Applications of Maxwell-Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac, and Bose-Einstein distributions are used to provide an introduction to solid-state physics and quantum optics.

Prerequisite: PHY 232  and MAT 220 , with grades S,C, or better.
Instructor: Hasegawa, Zabel