Exams
Physics 328: Statistical Physics
Spring Quarter 2009
Midterm 1: Friday, April 24 10:30-11:20 am
- Coverage Info: Chapters 1-3;6
Bring one
page of notes and a calculator.
- The exam will consist of 2 problems similar
to HW and examples in the book, plus some terms for which you will be
asked definitions and examples of their use.
- Material covered on the midterm will have been
seen twice
in the combination of lecture, homework and textbook. Things that
are only in lecture or only in the book will not be on the test
(although
they may be useful and interesting for things other than midterms ....)
- Note that the front page of the exam will
contain constants and mathematical expressions (integrals, trig
identities, etc.) A version is posted on GoPost,
as are old exams, homework solutions, and lecture notes.
- Solutions
- Statistics
Midterm 2: Monday, May 18 10:30-11:20 am
- Coverage Info: Through degenerate Fermi
gases, with
emphasis
on material
since last midterm. Bring one page of notes and a
calculator.
- Material covered on the midterm will have
been
seen twice
in the combination of lecture, homework and textbook. Things that
are only in lecture or only in the book will not be on the test
(although
they may be useful and interesting for things other than midterms ....)
- Questions will be explicitly based material
since the first midterm, though the concepts of the first three weeks
are clearly relevant
for solving
them.
- Solutions
- Statistics
Final Exam: Monday, June 8 8:30 - 10:20
AM
- Coverage Info: Final is cumulative:
- At least two contexts on the final exam will
be
taken from
the material since the last midterm (i.e. black body radiation,
phonons, Bose condensation, Ising model), though the emphasis will
be
on
applying the concepts
of the entire quarter.
- The final exam will be roughly 50% longer
than
the midterms,
with twice as much time to complete it.
- Solutions
- Statistics
Old Exams
Old exams are posted on GoPost. However, you should be warned
that previous classes used a different text book. The coverage
split between different midterms will be different, since Schroeder
covers things in a different order than either Sturge or Kittel and
Kroemer. Also, some topics (e.g. Ising model) were not covered in
the other texts. You should also be aware that Sturge uses the
Greek letter zeta for chemical potential, while Schroeder uses the more
common mu.
Solutions to old exams will NOT be posted. You should work
problems and then bring your questions to office hours.