PHYS 427 - Thermal & Statistical Physics

Spring 2021

TitleRubricSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
Thermal & Statistical PhysicsPHYS427A36679OLC41530 - 1650 T R    Karin A Dahmen
Thermal & Statistical PhysicsPHYS427D061783OD01700 - 1750 T    Brendan Douglas Rhyno
Thermal & Statistical PhysicsPHYS427D161784OD01800 - 1850 T    Brendan Douglas Rhyno

Official Description

Equilibrium thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and kinetic theory of gases. A unified treatment is used in that the principles of heat and thermodynamics are discussed along with statistical postulates and the microscopic approach of introductory quantum mechanics. Course Information: 4 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Credit is not given for both PHYS 427 and any of ME 404, CHEM 444, MSE 500. Prerequisite: PHYS 213, PHYS 214, and PHYS 435 or ECE 329.