Course: Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics

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Course title Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
Course code SLO/TSF
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Peřina Jan, prof. RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
- The first law of thermodynamics, state parameters, state equations, state of thermodynamic equilibrium - Heat, adiabatic process, reversible and irreversible processes, heat capacity, the second law of thermodynamics, Caratheodor principle, absolute temperature, entropy, Carnot cycle - Thermodynamic potentials, Joule-Thompson phenomenon - Thermodynamics of systems with variable number of particles, chemical potentials, grand-canonical potential, Gibbs-Duhem equation, thermodynamic potentials of dielectrics and magnetics - Thermodynamic potentials of non-equilibrium systems, principle of increase of entropy, conditions of thermodynamic equilibrium, Guldberg-Wage law, Braun-Le Chatelier principle, Gibbs rule of phases - Phase transitions, phase transitions of the first order, Clausius-Clapeyron equations, phase transitions of the second order, Ehrenfest equations, Landau theory of phase transitions of the second order, transition from ferromagnetism to paramagnetism, Curie-Weiss law - The third thermodynamic law - Description of many-particle system, phase space, laws of conservation (Noether theorem), statistical set, Liouville theorem, ergodic problem, Tolman hypothesis, density of quantum states - Micro-canonical, canonical and grand-canonical set, equation of state of canonical system, entropy - Statistical division of the system of free particles, formalism of the second quantization, grand-canonical partition function, distribution laws of ideal gases - Ideal Maxwell-Boltzmann gas, equipartition theorem, specific heats of model physical systems, chemical reaction in gaseous mixture, ideal fermion gas, electron gas in homogeneous magnetic field, diamagnetism, paramagnetism, Curie law - Ideal boson gas, radiation of absolutely black body, Planck law, phonon systems, Einstein model of the crystal, Debye theory of heat capacities - Boltzmann non-ideal gas, virial equation of state, Einstein theory of fluctuations, Onsager relations of reciprocity

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
  • Attendace - 52 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 24 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 44 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Understand the basic methods in the description of systems in thermodynamics and statistical physics.
Knowledge Describe the laws of thermodynamics and statistical physics.
Prerequisites
Not specified.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam

Knowledge within the scope of the course topics (examination)
Recommended literature
  • J. Kvasnica. Statistická fyzika, Academia, Praha, 1983 (2. vydání 1998)..
  • J. Kvasnica. Termodynamika, SNTL, Praha, 1965..
  • M. Toda, R. Kubo, N. Saito. Statistical Physics I (Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics), Springer, Berlin, 1985, 1991..
  • Müller-Kirsten H. J. W. (2010). Basics of Statistical Physics. World Scientific.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Applied Physics (2019) Category: Physics courses 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Instrument and Computer Physics (2019) Category: Physics courses 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Nanotechnology (2019) Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Biophysics - Specialization in Molecular Biophysics (2024) Category: Physics courses 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer