Aug. 26 : Introduction (About thermal physics, lectures, basic rules and much more…)
Aug. 28: Combinatorics, Probabilities, and the random walk problem.
Sept. 2: States of a Model System (Ch. 1), Binary model systems
Sept. 4: States of a Model System (Ch. 1), Average values
Sept. 9: Fundamental Assumptions (Ch. 2), Probability, Thermal Equilibrium, Temperature
Sept. 11: Fundamental Assumptions (Ch. 2), Entropy, Laws of Thermodynamics
Sept. 16: Boltzmann distribution and Hemholtz Free Energy (Ch. 3), Boltzmann factor, Pressure
Oct. 2: Thermal radiation and Planck distribution (Ch. 4), Electrical noise, Phonons in Solids: Debye theory
Oct. 7: Chemical Potential and Gibbs Distribution (Ch. 5), Definition of chemical potential
Oct. 9: Chemical
Potential and Gibbs Distribution (Ch. 5), Gibbs factor and Gibbs sum
Oct. 14: Discussions and Review of Chapters 1-5
Oct. 28: Ideal Gas (Ch. 6), Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein distribution function
Oct. 30: Ideal Gas (Ch. 6), Classical Limit
Nov. 4: Fermi and Bose Gas (Ch. 7), Fermi Gas
Nov. 6: Fermi and Bose Gas (Ch. 7), Bose Gas
Nov. 11: Heat and Work (Ch.8), Heat Engines: Conversion of heat into work
Nov. 13: Heat and Work (Ch.8), Heat and Work at constant temperature or pressure
Nov. 18: Gibbs Free energy and Chemical Reactions (Ch. 9)
Nov. 20: Phase transformations (Ch. 10) Vapor pressure equation
Nov.25: Phase transformations (Ch. 10) The van der Waals gas, equation of state, critical points, nucleation
Dec. 2: Phase transitions and critical phenomena
Dec. 9: About the final exam