PHY 4523 Statistical Physics

in vivo schedule PAST is definitive and/or past or very near future and FUTURE is tentative and/or the future

Week 01: Jan. 5 No class.
 Jan. 7 Introduction of Course, Chapter 1.  Ch. 1 Problems: 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12.
 Finish Chapter 1, and start Chapter 2.
  Ch. 2 Problems: 4, 6, 8, 9, 13, 19.
 Begin Kinetic Theory Discussion.
 Jan. 9 Finish discussion on Kinetic Theory and Equipartition of Energy.
 
Week 02: Jan. 12 Start Ch. 3, cover material to the end of Section 3.6. This material fair for Quiz 2.
 Quiz 1 on Chapter 1 and 2 material and related topics of macroscopic 
 thermodynamics.
 Jan. 14 Return Q1, and review it.
 Continue with Ch. 3. Circulate first statmech formula sheet. Percolation handout.
 Jan. 16 Quiz 2 on material through the end of Jan. 13, Ch. 3, Sec. 3.1 to 3.6, inclusive.
 Finish Ch. 3 Describe Homework 1.
 
Week 03: Jan. 19 No Class, Holiday
 Jan. 21 Return Q2. Start Ch. 4. Problems for Chapter 4: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14.
 Jan. 23 Homework 1 due. Chapter 4, continued.
 Quiz 2bis, over material in Ch. 3.
 
Week 04: Jan. 26 Return HW1. Discuss results. Ch. 4, continued, Do 2D Ising model.
 Jan. 28 Ch. 4, continued. .2D rubber band model. Rubber band experiment/demo. 
 Jan. 30 Quiz 3, on material up to, and including, Sec. 4.4.
 
Week 05: Feb. 2 Finish Chapter 4.
 Feb. 4 Final Review of Ch. 4.
 Start Chapter 5. Problems Ch. 5: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 17, 20, 22, 23, 26. 
 Distribute Extra Problem sheet. Start 2- level systems.
 Feb. 6 Quiz 4 on material in Ch. 4. Continue with 2 level systems.
 
Week 6: Feb. 9 Continue Ch. 5. Extension to macroscopic thermodynamics.
 Material to the end of the lecture is fair for MTE 1.  Do 1D particle, start 3D case.
 Feb. 11 Review for MTE 1.
               Feb. 13     MTE 1.  Material from Ch. 1 to Ch. 5, section 5.8, inclusive.
 
Week 7: Feb. 16 Review MTE 1. Extra Problem #2 distributed and described.
 Feb. 18     Finish 3D particle and road to van der Waals EoS.  Ch. 5 completed. 
 Feb. 20 Quiz 5 on  Ch. 5 up to section 5.8, inclusive.  Start Ch. 6.  Chapter 6 Problems:  2, 4, 6, 8, 9.
 
Week 8: Feb. 23 Return/review Quiz 5. 
 Feb. 25 Finish extra problems, harmonic oscillator trick.
 Start Ch. 7.  Chapter 7 Problems:  2, 4, 5, 10, 13, 16.
 Distribute MTE 2 Formula Sheet.
 MTE 2 covers Ch. 5,6,7.
 Feb. 27 Homework 2 due. 
 Continue k-space Density of States discussion.
 Issues for Review and Formula Sheet?
 
Week 9: Mar. 1 Review for MTE 2.
 Mar. 3 MTE 2 over Ch. 5,6,7.
 Mar. 5 Review MTE 2.  Visit Microkelvin Lab?
 
Week 10: No Classes, Spring Break
 
Week 11: Mar. 15 Start Chapter 8.  Problems: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12
               Mar. 17     Ch. 8 continues.
 Mar. 19 Quiz 6, over material covered for MTE 2.
 Continue Ch. 8 with discussion of specific heats.
 
Week 12: Mar. 22 No Class (March Meeting), Reading Day.
 Mar. 24 Review Quiz 6. Effusion. Finish Ch. 8, start Ch. 9, Problems 1, 3, 4, 5, 9.
					Continue discussion of chemical potential.

               Mar. 26     Quiz 7 on material in Ch. 8.  Prof. Hagen (Physics) guest lecture.
 
Week 13: Mar. 29 Review Quiz 7. Start Chapter 10.
 Parallel discussion to contrast Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein Statistics.
 Chapter 10 Problems:  1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15.
 Mar. 31 Start discussion of Fermi gas.
 Apr. 2 Quiz 8. On material up through the end of  Monday, 29 March.
 
Week 14: Apr. 5 Review Quiz 8. Finish discussion on Fermi gas. 
 Review Science Paper introducing "Spintronics".
 Motivate BEC. 
 Apr. 7 BEC movie games.
 Apr. 9 Quiz 9 and Course Evaluations.
 
Week 15: Apr. 12 Highlights on Chapter 11 and 12. Information Theory?
 Apr. 14 Start Review for MTE 3 and Final Exam. Work on magnons in 2D?
 Apr. 16 Prepare for MTE 3.
 
Week 16: Apr. 19 MTE 3.
 Apr. 21 Review MTE 3. Review course.
 Apr. 23 No Class, Reading Day

Final Exam: Wednesday, 28 April, 17:30-19:30 hrs (Final Exam Group 28E)

Special Notes about the Syllabus: Please note that the dates for all quizzes, examinations and chapter starts are

TENTATIVE.    The schedule will be finalized during the course and will be announced in class.