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PHYS-F303

Physique statistique

academic year
2023-2024

Course teacher(s)

Pierre GASPARD (Coordinator) and Bortolo Matteo MOGNETTI

ECTS credits

10

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

Statistical description in classical mechanics and quantum mechanics; the equilibrium statistical ensembles (microcanonical, canonical, grand-canonical, isobaric-isothermal); the macroscopic equivalence of ensembles and the fluctuations; the concept of entropy; the ideal gases of atoms and molecules; the ideal quantum gases of bosons and fermions; the quasi-ideal mixtures; introduction to irreversible processes; diffusion processes and Brownian motion.

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

The goal of statistical physics is to understand the properties of physical systems with their degrees of freedom statistically distributed according to some probability law.

Prerequisites and Corequisites

Required and corequired courses

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures and exercices

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

cf. lecture notes available on the web site "L'Université Virtuelle"

Other information

Contacts

Pierre Gaspard

E-mail: gaspard@ulb.ac.be

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Other

Other

Written and oral tests

Language(s) of evaluation

  • french

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