The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

PHYS 5330 Statistical Mechanics

This graduate course will introduce students to thermodynamics, equilibrium statistical mechanics, Boltzmann equation and the collision operator, moments of the Boltzmann equations, the Navier-Stokes equations, introduction to non-equilibrium concepts, ensembles, classical and quantum gases, statistical physics of solids.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

PHYS 3303 or consent of instructor.

Schedule Type

Lecture

Grading Basis

Standard Letter (A-F)

Administrative Unit

Dept of Physics and Astronomy

Offered

As scheduled