| MONDAY | WEDNESDAY | FRIDAY |
| 3/31 Topics: Introduction. Stat mech vs. thermo. Counting States Reading: Chapter 1 [Chapter 2 Review] |
4/02 Topics: Multiplicity, Probability, Fundamental Assumption of SM Reading: Chapter 3 |
4/04
Topics: Entropy, Temperature, Laws of Thermodynamics Reading: Chapter 4.1-4.6 |
| 4/7 Topics: First Law, Connecting S and T in Stat Mech and Thermo Reading: Chapter 4.7-4.13 |
4/9 Topics: Free energy, enthalpy, free enthalpy, Boltzman factor, partition function Reading: Chapter 4.7-4.13, Chapter 5.1-5.3 Homework #1 Due |
4/11 Topics: Multiatom partition function, Fluctuations Reading: Chapter 5.4-5.7 |
| 4/14 Topics: Entropy and Information, General fluctuations Reading: Chapter 5.8-5.11 |
4/16 Topics: Density of States for Particle in 1D, 2D, 3D box Reading: Chapter 6.1-6.4 Homework #2 Due |
4/18 Topics: Phonons Reading: Chapter 6.5-6.7 |
| 4/21 Topics: Phonon Heat Capacity Reading: Chapter 6.8-6.12 |
4/23 Topics: Equipartition and Chemical Potential Reading: Chapter 7.1-7.3 Homework #3 Due |
4/25 MIDTERM 1 Covers through Chapter 6 |
| 4/28 Topics: Balancing external potential with
chemical potential: Gravity and Electrochemical Potential Reading: Chapter 7.4-7.7 |
4/30 Topics: Grand Partition function and its Applications, surface adsorption Reading: Chapter 7.4-7.9 Homework #4 Due |
5/02 Topics: Fermi and Bose Perfect Gases Reading: Chapter 8 |
| 5/5 Topics: Ideal Gases - Chemical Potential, heat capacity Reading: Chapter 9.1-9.4 |
5/7 Topics: Maxwell Boltzman distribution; ideal solutions Reading: 9.5-9.11 Homework #5 Due |
5/9 Topics: Internal degrees of Freedom, Chemical Equilibrium Reading: Supplemental |
| 5/12 Topics: Black body radiation, Planck distribution Reading: Chapter 10.1-10.4 |
5/14 Topics: Cosmic Microwave Background, Greenhouse effect, Solar power Reading: Chapter 10.8,11 Homework #6 Due |
5/16 Topics: Perfect Bose Gas, BEC Reading: Chapter 11 |
| 5/19 MIDTERM 2 Covers through Chapter 9 and Chemical Reactions |
5/21 Topics: Perfect Fermi Gas, Metals and superconductors Reading: Chapter 12.1-12.2 Homework #7 Due |
5/23 Topics: Stars and cold fermionic atoms Reading: Chapter 12.3-12.6 |
| 5/26 HOLIDAY |
5/28 Topics: Semiconductor bands, electrons and holes Reading: Chapter 13.1-13.2 Homework #8 Due |
5/30 Topics: Intrinsic and Doped semiconductors Reading: Chapter 13.3-13.4 |
| 6/02 Topics: Semiconductor Devices Reading: Chapter 13.5-13.7 |
6/04 Topics: Cryogenics : RT to 2K Reading: Kittel Chapter 12 (See GoPost) Homework #9 Due Thursday evening |
6/06 Topics: Cryogenics 2K to nanoK Reading: |
| 6/9 8:30 AM FINAL EXAM | ||