| Code: | F 613 |
| Department: | Department of Theoretical Physics |
| Course director: | Ferenc Iglói |
| Credits: | 6 |
| Semester: | 6th |
| Hours/week: | 4+2 |
| Prerequisities: | Quantum Mechanics 1. |
| Type of assessment: | Szj, G |
Course description:
Basic concepts of calculating probability,
the problem and physical application of random walk. Statistical description
of particle systems, basic distributions of statistical mechanics. Statistical
thermodynamics, equilibrium conditions and the thermodynamic potentials.
The one-atom ideal gas, non-ideal classical gases, van der Waals state
equation, the liquid-vapour transition. Electrically charged particle systems.
Magnetism of independent particles. Ferromagnetism, the Weiss mean-field
approach, phase transitions of first and second order. Statistical description
of ideal quantum gases. The non-interacting fermion gas, neutron stars.
The non-interacting boson gas, Bose-Einstein condensation, superfluidity.
The photon gas - the thermodynamics of the radiation field.
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