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    Statistical Mechanics

    P.G SYLLABI
    DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY
    M.Sc (Physics) and M.Sc (Applied Electronics)
    II- Semester Syllabus w.e.f 2012 -2013 Under CBCS and Non CBCS
    PAE 202 T

    Paper II
    Statistical Mechanics

    UNIT I : (13 Hrs)


    Relation between thermodynamics and statistical mechanics- Micro stages and
    macro states of a system Phase space- Ensembles Mean values and
    ensemble average Density distribution in phase space- Liouvilles theorem.
    Apriori probability postulate Micro canonical, canonical and grand canonical
    ensembles Quantization of phase space.
    Entropy and Probability Equilibrium conditions:
    Thermal, mechanical and concentration equilibrium. Entropy of a perfect gas using
    micro canonical ensemble-Gibbs paradox-Sackur.-Tetrode equation.
    UNIT II : (13 Hrs)
    Maxwell Boltzmann statistics-Distribution law- Maxwell velocity distributionEquipartitiontheorem.Canonical ensemble- Partition function-Ideal gas, Grand
    canonical ensemble-Partition function-Ideal gas.Quantum Statistical MechanicsPostulates- Indistinguishability-Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics and
    distribution laws.
    Partition function and thermodynamic quantities-Transational, rotational and
    vibrational partition functions - Specific heat of diatomic molecules.
    UNIT III : (13 Hrs)
    Ideal Bose-Einstein gas-Energy and pressure of the gas.Bose-Einstein
    condensation-Liquid Helium-Two Fluid model-Phonons, rotons, super fluidity.
    Ideal Fermi-Dirac gas Energy and pressure of the gas Electronic specific heat,
    thermionic emission, white dwarfs.
    UNIT IV : (13 Hrs)
    Fluctuation-mean square deviation-Fluctuations in energy, volume and concentration
    Brownian motion-Classification of phase transition-Phase transitions of first and
    second kind: Ising model, Bragg-Williams approximation-One dimensional Ising

    model a application to Ferro magnetic systems-Order-Disorder transition.


    Reference Books. :
    1. Statistical Mechanics by SatyaPrakash and JP Agarwal (Pragati Prakahan2002)
    2. Statistical Mechanics by Gupta and Kumar (PragathiPrakahan -2002)
    3. Statistical Mechanics by BK Agarwal and M Eisner (New Age Internaional)
    4. Statistical Mechanics by RK Srivatava and J Ashok (Prentice Hall, India)
    5. Introduction to phase transitions and critical Phenomena HE Stanley
    (Clrendon Press, Oxford).
    6. Heat and Thermodynamics by Zemansky (TMH).
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