Thermal and Statistical Physics
Thermal and Statistical Physics Purdue University Phys 416
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Lecture 7: Planck Blackbody Radiation
Deriving Planck's law of blackbody radiation. How to use it to tell the temperature of a star. Discussions about stars -- absorption lines and redshifts, and how to get the temperature correct anyway…
Thu 15 Sep 2005
Lecture 6: Ideal Gas Law, Planck Blackbody Radiation
Deriving the ideal gas law. Equipartition Theorem. Entropy of Mixing. Hot things glow -- or how night vision goggles work (Planck blackbody radiation). Analyzing star spectra. Class discussions: Mixi…
Tue 13 Sep 2005
Lecture 5: Free Energy and Maxwell Relations
Helmholtz Free Energy is the right energy to use when temperature and volume are used as control variables. Free Energy and the Partition Function. Maxwell Relations -- you can derive them all. Legen…
Wed 07 Sep 2005
Lecture 4: Partition Function and Thermodynamic Identity
Boltzmann Factor, Partition Function and how to calculate everything else from it. Live near lakes because they have a high heat capacity. Energy and Heat Capacity of a two state system, Definition o…
Wed 31 Aug 2005
Lecture 3: Entropy, Temperature, and the Laws of Thermodynamics
Fundamental assumption of statistical mechanics: all accessible states are equally likely. Ensemble averages are weighted averages. Two systems in thermal contact. How to define entropy and temperatu…
Tue 30 Aug 2005
Lecture 2: Multiplicity Function
Why is the most probable configuration important? Multiplicity Function is a gaussian in the two-state system. Weighted averages. Introduction to partition function. Lecture 2 Audio
Wed 24 Aug 2005
Lecture 1: What is Statistical Mechanics and Why Does It Work?
Lightning fast review of quantum mechanics. Stationary quantum states, accessible states, fundamental assumptions of statistical mechanics. How to get from the microscopic quantum level to the macros…
Wed 24 Aug 2005
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