Course teacher(s)
Pierre GASPARD (Coordinator) and Bortolo Matteo MOGNETTIECTS credits
10
Language(s) of instruction
french
Course content
Statistical description in classical mechanics and quantum mechanics; the equilibrium statistical ensembles (microcanonical, canonical, grand-canonical, isobaric-isothermal); the macroscopic equivalence of ensembles and the fluctuations; the concept of entropy; the ideal gases of atoms and molecules; the ideal quantum gases of bosons and fermions; the quasi-ideal mixtures; introduction to irreversible processes; diffusion processes and Brownian motion.
Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)
The goal of statistical physics is to understand the properties of physical systems with their degrees of freedom statistically distributed according to some probability law.
Prerequisites and Corequisites
Required and corequired courses
Teaching methods and learning activities
Lectures and exercices
References, bibliography, and recommended reading
cf. lecture notes available on the web site "L'Université Virtuelle"
Other information
Contacts
Pierre Gaspard
E-mail: gaspard@ulb.ac.be
Evaluation
Method(s) of evaluation
- Other
Other
Written and oral tests
Language(s) of evaluation
- french