Syllabus
Office Hours/locations
Warm-ups link
HW grades
Equation sheet
Corrections to typos/mistakes in the book
Week |
HW Warmup |
Reading/ Discussion Topic |
Sol. |
Week |
HW |
Reading/ Discussion Topic |
Sol. |
01 Jan. 5 |
1 |
1.1-1.3 Equilibrium, ideal gases, equipartition | 08 Feb. 23 |
hw17 18 |
5.3 (continued, pages 180-186) Van der Waals model | sol17 | |
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hw01 2 |
1.4-1.5 Energy, temperature, work, ideal gases | sol01 | Feb. 25 |
hw18 19 |
5.4 Phase Transformations of Mixtures (pages 186-194) |
sol18 |
Jan. 9 |
hw02 3 |
1.6 Enthalpy and heat capacity | sol02 | Feb. 27 |
hw19 |
5.4 Phase transformations of Mixtures (continued, pages 194-200) |
sol19 |
02 Jan. 12 |
hw03 4 |
2.1--2.2 Two state systems, Einstein model of a solid | sol03 | 09 Mar. 2 |
hw20 |
6.1 The Boltzmann Factor (BIG change of gears starts here---from thermodynamics to statistical mechanics) | sol20 |
Jan. 14 |
2.3 Interacting systems | sol04 | Mar. 4 |
Exam 2, No Class (Exam covers materials up through Chap. 5 only.) Exam starts Tuesday and ends Thursday night. Cover sheet | sol02 | ||
Jan. 16 |
hw05 6 |
2.4 Very large numbers | sol05 | Mar. 6 |
hw21 22 |
6.2--6.3 Average Values and the Equipartition Theorem | sol21 |
03Jan. 19 |
Holiday (No class) | 10 Mar. 9 |
hw22 23 |
6.4 The Maxwell Speed Distribution | sol22 | ||
Jan. 21 |
hw06 7 |
2.5 An application: The ideal gas | sol06 | Mar. 11 |
hw23 24 |
6.5--6.6 Partition Functions and Free Energy, and Partition Functions for Composite Systems | sol23 |
Jan. 23 |
No class (I'm gone to Ringberg Germany) | Mar. 13 |
hw24 25 |
A.1--A3 Quantum Mechanics Review (read pages 357--373) | sol24 | ||
04 Jan. 26 |
hw07 8 |
2.6 Entropy (Don't say its disorder or randomness! Why not?) | sol07 | 11 Mar. 16 |
hw25 26 |
6.7 Revisiting the Ideal Gas | sol25 |
Jan. 28 |
hw08 9 |
3.1 Temperature (What is it? Finally...) | sol08 | Mar. 18 |
hw26 27 |
7.1 The Gibbs Factor | sol26 |
Jan. 30 |
hw09 10 |
3.2 Heat & Entropy | sol09 | Mar. 20 |
hw27 28 |
7.2 Bosons and Fermions | sol27 |
05 Feb. 2 |
hw10 11 |
3.3 Paramagnetism | sol10 | 12 Mar. 23 |
Gone to SST-NREL symposium. No class. | ||
Feb. 4 |
hw11 12 |
3.4 Mechanical Equilibrium and Pressure | sol11 | Mar. 25 |
hw28 29 |
7.3 Degenerate Fermi Gases (read pages 271-279) |
sol28 |
Feb. 6 |
Review (you lead the discussion---I'll be a resource.) Previous year's Exam 1 | Mar. 27 |
hw29 30 |
7.3 Degenerate Fermi Gases (continued, read pages 280-288)* Here is a cool applet related to our discussion today. Exam 2 correction are due at 9:00 am today |
sol29 | ||
06 Feb. 9 |
Exam 1 (Mon. &Tues.) Cover sheet (No corrections this time; the average was really high.) |
exam1sol | 13 Mar. 30 |
Exam 3, No Class (Exam covers material up through 7.2 | sol03 | ||
Feb. 11 |
hw12 13 |
3.5-3.6 Diffusive Equilibrum and Chemical Potential | sol12 | Apr. 1 |
7.4 Blackbody radiation | sol30 | |
Feb. 13 |
hw13 |
4.1--4.2 Heat Engines & Refrigerators | sol13 | Apr. 3 |
hw31 |
7.5 Debye theory of solids |
sol31 |
07 Feb. 17 |
hw14 15 |
5.1 Free Energy as Available Work |
sol14 | 14 Apr. 6 |
hw32 33 |
7.6 Bose-Einstein Condensation | sol32 |
Feb. 18 |
hw15 16 |
5.2 Free Energy as a Force toward Equilibrium | sol15 | Apr. 8 |
hw33 34 |
8.2 Ising Model of a Ferromagnet: Exact solution and mean field solution |
sol33 |
Feb. 20 |
hw16 17 |
5.3 Phase Transformations of Pure Substances (pages 166-174) |
sol16 | Apr. 10 |
hw34 35 |
8.2 Ising Model of a Ferromagnet: Monte Carlo simulation ising.m, energy.m, bringIntoCell.m alloy.m, alloyEnergy.m |
sol34 |
| Final Exam: 7:00 am -10:00 am Sat. Apr. 18 Cover sheet (Sorry, no testing center this time.) sol04 |
15 Apr. 13 |
hw35 |
8.1 Weakly interacting gases | sol35 | |||