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AUPHY 321 - Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics

★ 3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0) Microscopic behaviour and quantum states; statistics of small and large systems; internal energy and equipartition; the laws of thermodynamics; thermal, mechanical, and diffusive interactions; introduction to classical and quantum statistics; Gibbs’ paradox; Maxwell’s relations. Prerequisites: AUPHY 120 and AUMAT 211. Corequisite: AUMAT 212 or 330 is recommended.