PHYSICS 215A
Statistical Physics
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Microstates and macrostates, statistical ensembles, entropy and other thermodynamic functions, equilibrium, variational principles, functional integration methods. Applications: ideal gas, oscillators, rotors, elasticity, paramagnetism. Indistinguishable particles, Fermi/Dirac and Bose/Einstein distributions. Applications: electron gas, neutron stars, white dwarfs, Bose/Einstein condensation. Kinetics. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Spring 2023 - This course was definitely one of the most interesting of all time. Sudip does not teach. He rambles about stuff vaguely in the subject he likes. But, the HW, exams and comp are on stat mech that a grad student should know. So, you’re left fending for yourself and overwhelming the TA. The department had a remedial summer course, that’s how bad it was. DNR. He would also argue with students about seemingly menial things and be defensive if rightly questioned.
Spring 2023 - This course was definitely one of the most interesting of all time. Sudip does not teach. He rambles about stuff vaguely in the subject he likes. But, the HW, exams and comp are on stat mech that a grad student should know. So, you’re left fending for yourself and overwhelming the TA. The department had a remedial summer course, that’s how bad it was. DNR. He would also argue with students about seemingly menial things and be defensive if rightly questioned.
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