Faculty of Technical Sciences

Subject: Introduction to statistical physics (17.0M540)

Native organizations units: Department of Fundamentals Sciences
General information:
 
Category Scientific-professional
Scientific or art field
  • Teorijska i primenjena matematika
  • Physics
ECTS 5

Students are introduced to basic principles of statistical physics so they could solve problems in mathematical models and technique.

Students are capable to solve problems that require basic knowledge of statistical physics applied in mathematics and technique.

Introduction to statistical mechanics. Entropy, ideal gas, and phase space. Thermodynamics, mechanics, chemical equilibrium and reaction rates, free energy density of ideal gases. Quantum statistical mechanics. Mixed states and density matrix. Quantum harmonic oscillator. Bose and Fermi statistics. Non-interacting bosons and fermions. Maxwell-Boltzman quantum statistics. Surface phase transitions and phase transitions in volume. Renorm-groups.

Lectures. Consultations. Theoretical part of the material is being presented on the lectures, accompanied by appropriate characteristic examples of the application of physical principles in mathematics and technique.

Authors Title Year Publisher Language
James P. Sethna Statistical mechanics: Entropy, Order Parameters, and Complexity 2008 Clarendon Press, Oxford English
Course activity Pre-examination Obligations Number of points
Written part of the exam - tasks and theory No Yes 70.00
Term paper Yes Yes 30.00

Prof. Budinski-Petković Ljuba

Full Professor

Lectures
API Image

Asst. Prof. Milićević Srđan

Assistant Professor

Lectures
API Image

Assoc. Prof. Ilić Dušan

Associate Professor

Practical classes
API Image

Assoc. Prof. Ilić Dušan

Associate Professor

Computational classes

Faculty of Technical Sciences

© 2024. Faculty of Technical Sciences.

Contact:

Address: Trg Dositeja Obradovića 6, 21102 Novi Sad

Phone:  (+381) 21 450 810
(+381) 21 6350 413

Fax : (+381) 21 458 133
Emejl: ftndean@uns.ac.rs

© 2024. Faculty of Technical Sciences.