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Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 516-0879/01
Abbreviation TDSF
Course title Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
Credits 4
Coordinating department Institute of Physics
Course coordinator RNDr. Jaroslav Foukal, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

1. Basic concepts of thermodynamics, the state of thermodynamic equilibrium, the first and second postulate of thermodynamics. Reversible and irreversible processes, the criterion of reversibility of the process.
2. The first law of thermodynamics, heat capacity. The second law of thermodynamics. Entropy, entropy associated with the heat capacities of the system.
3. Thermodynamic potentials: internal energy, free energy, enthalpy, Gibbs potential. Gibbs - Helmholtz equation. Dependence of thermodynamic potentials of the number of particles in the system. Grandkanonical potential. The second law of thermodynamics for irreversible processes. Conditions of equilibrium thermodynamic system expressed by potentials.
4. Concepts of probability theory and mathematical statistics in statistical physics. Basic concepts and ideas of statistical physics. Microstates, macrostates, ensemble of systems. Ergodic hypothesis. Time evolution of probability density.
5. The mikrocanonical ensemble. Entropy and thermodynamic probability.
6. The canonical (Gibbs) ensemble. The partition function, partition sum (integral). Relationships between partition functions and thermodynamic quantities. Maxwell – Boltzmann´s distribution of velocities of gas molecules. Classical and quantum harmonic oscillator.
7. Large canonical (grandcanonical) ensemble. Grandcanonical partition function. The transition to quantum statistics. Fermi – Dirac´s distribution. Bose - Einsteinś distribution. Thermodynamic properties of photons file. Thermodynamic properties of a file of free electrons in the metal.

Povinná literatura

1. KVASNICA, J.: Termodynamika. SNTL, Praha 1965;
2. KVASNICA, J.: Statistická fyzika. Academia, Praha 1998;
3. MARŠÍK, F.: Termodynamika kontitua. Academia, Praha 1999;
4. BEISER, A.: Úvod do moderní fyziky. Academia, Praha 1975;
5. SONNTAG, R. E., BORGNAKKE, C., VAN WYLEN, G. J. Fundamentals of
Thermodynamics. John Wiley&Sons, USA, 2003. ISBN 0-471-15232-3.

Doporučená literatura

K tomuto předmětu nebyla specifikována doporučená literatura.