Physics 140A : Lecture Notes
| LECTURE |
CHAPTER TITLE |
LATEST UPLOAD |
WEEKS |
CHAPTER SUMMARY |
EXAMPLE PROBLEMS |
1 |
9/1/24 @ 22:00 (30 pages pdf) |
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2 |
10/24/24 @ 10:00 (110 pages pdf) |
1,2,3 |
SUM #2 | EX #2 | |
| 3 | 9/1/24 @ 22:00 (46 pages pdf) |
4 |
SUM #3 | EX #3 | |
| 4 | 11/8/24 @ 15:00 (59 pages pdf) |
5,6,7 |
SUM #4 | EX #4 | |
| 5 | QUANTUM STATISTICS | 11/18/24 @ 18:30 (75 pages pdf) |
8,9,10 |
SUM #5 | EX #5 |
| 6 |
9/1/24 @ 22:00 (63 pages pdf) |
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SUM #6 | EX #6 | |
| 7 |
9/1/24 @ 22:00
(84 pages pdf) |
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SUM #7 | EX #7 | |
| 8 | 9/1/24 @ 22:00
(29 pages pdf) |
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SUM #8 | EX #8 | |
| BOOK | ALL AVAILABLE CHAPTERS | 11/18/24 @ 18:30 (485 pages pdf) |
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ALL (221 pages pdf) |
Reading Assignments
| WEEK | SUBJECT | LECTURE NOTES | REIF | PATHRIA |
| 1 | first law, heat engines | 2.2-7 | ch. 5 | --- |
| 2 | entropy, potentials, stability | 2.8-10 | ch. 5 | --- |
| 3 | applications, phase diagrams | 2.11-13 | ch. 5 | --- |
| 4 | approach to equilibrium | 3.2-5 | --- | --- |
| 5 | classical statistical ensembles | 4.2,4-6 | ch. 6 | chs. 2,3,4 |
| 6 | maximum entropy, ideal gases, examples | 4.7-9 | ch. 7 | ch. 5 |
| 7 | molecular gases, more examples | 4.10-11 | ch. 7 | ch. 6 |
| 8 | quantum statistical mechanics, ideal gases | 5.2-3 | ch. 9 | ch. 6 |
| 9 | state counting, photon statistics | 5.4-5 | ch. 9 | --- |
| 10 | lattice vibrations | 5.6 | ch. 9 | --- |