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Schedule

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Week Date
Homework

Reading

(Schroeder)

 Lectures Discussions
1
Jan 16
   2.1-2.4 Probability and multiplicity  
1
Jan 18

PS 1
due 1/25
solution

 2.1-2.4 Multiplicity of physical systems  
2 Jan 23   2.6 and 3.1 Thermal equilibrium and temperature Discussion 1
Solution 1
2 Jan 25

PS 2
due 2/1
solution

 2.6 and 3.4 Entropy of the ideal gas  
3 Jan 30   6.1 and 6.1 Canonical ensemble Discussion 2
Solution 2
3 Feb 1

PS 3
due 2/8
solution

 6.3 Equipartition Theorem  
4 Feb 6   6.5 and 6.7 Helmholtz free energy Discussion 3
Solution 3
4 Feb 8

PS 4
due 2/15
solution

 4.1 Heat and work  
5 Feb 13   5.1 Thermodynamic potentials Discussion 4
Solution 4
5 Feb 15

PS 5
due 2/29
solution

 3.5 Chemical potential  
6 Feb 20   5.2 Gibbs free energy Discussion 5
Solution 5
6 Feb 22     Midterm 1  
7 Feb 27   7.1 Grand canonical ensemble Discussion 6
Solution 6
7 Feb 29

PS 6
due 3/21
solution

   midterm review, finish previous  
8 Mar 5   7.4 Photon gas Discussion 7
Solution 7
8 Mar 7   7.5 Debye model  
9 Mar 18   7.2 Quantum statistics Discussion 8
Solution 8
9 Mar 20 PS 7
due 3/27
solution		 7.3 Degenerate Fermi gas (I)  
10 Mar 26   7.3 Degenerate Fermi gas (II) Discussion 9
Solution 9
10 Mar 28   7.6 Bose Einstein condensation  
11 Apr 2   5.3 Phase Transitions Discussion 10
Solution 10
11 Apr 4 PS 8
due 4/12
solution		   Midterm 2  
12 Apr 9   5.3 Van der Waals model Discussion 11
Solution 11
12 Apr 11

PS 9
due 4/19
solution

 8.2 finish previous, Ising Model  
13 Apr 16     lecture cancelled Discussion 12
Solution 12
13 Apr 18 PS 10
due 5/2		   Landau theory  
14 Apr 23     Kinetic theory Discussion 13
14 Apr 25     Thermal radiation  
15 Apr 30     Review Discussion 14
Solution 14