PHYS 427

PHYS 427 - Thermal & Statistical Physics

Fall 2023

TitleRubricSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
Thermal & Statistical PhysicsPHYS427A30681LEC41100 - 1220 M W  2055 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Jessie Shelton
Thermal & Statistical PhysicsPHYS427D064574DIS01700 - 1750 T  0018 Campus Instructional Facility Shubhang Goswami
Thermal & Statistical PhysicsPHYS427D164575DIS01800 - 1850 T  0036 Campus Instructional Facility Shubhang Goswami

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; PHYS 435 or ECE 329.