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Statistical Physics of Solids

Summary

The content of the course is focused on methods of physical system description using mathematical statistics. The basic classical and quantum distributions are derived, and the interconnection with thermodynamics is analyzed. The applications of statistical physics methods are focused on solid state properties and transport phenomena.

Literature

GIRIFALCO, L., A., Statistical Mechanics of Solids, Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN 978-0195167177 
REIF, F., Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics, Waveland Press Inc., 2008, ISBN 978-1577666127 
HILL, T., L., An Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics, Dover Publications, 1987, ISBN 978-0486652429 
COHEN, M. L., LOUIE, S. G.: Fundamentals of Condensed Matter Physics, Cambridge University Press, 2016, ISBN 978-0521513319 
KITTEL, CH.: Introduction to Solid State Physics, 8th Ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004, ISBN 978-0471415268 

Advised literature

PATHRIA, R., K., Statistical Mechanics, 3rd Ed., Academic Press, 2011, ISBN 978-0123821881 
SETHNA, J., P., Statistical Mechanics Entropy, Order Parameters, and Complexity, Oxford University Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0198566779 


Language of instruction čeština, angličtina
Code 480-8806
Abbreviation SFPL
Course title Statistical Physics of Solids
Coordinating department Department of Physics
Course coordinator doc. RNDr. Dalibor Ciprian, Ph.D.