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COURSE INFORMATION
Course CodeCourse TitleL+P HourSemesterECTS
FIZ 524ADVANCED STATISTICAL MECHANICS3 + 01st Semester7,5

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course Level Doctorate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Course Objective This course aims to develop links between microscopic and macroscopic systems in order to describe the energy and thermal properties of collections of atoms in terms of the microscopic properties of their constituents.
Course Content Classical Statistical Mechanics, Canonical Ensemble and Grand Canonical Ensemble, Statistical Mechanics of Gases, Quantum Statistical Mechanics, Ideal Fermi Gases, Ideal Bose Gases, Ising Model and Some Applications of Statistical Mechanics
Prerequisites No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1 To learn about the classical statistical mechanics.
2Learning the knowledge about the statistical ensembles.
3To learn the ideal fermi gas , bose-gas and ising model.

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
PO 01PO 02PO 03PO 04PO 05PO 06PO 07PO 08PO 09
LO 00144       
LO 00232 44  4 
LO 00332       
Sub Total108 44  4 
Contribution330110010

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
ActivitiesQuantityDuration (Hour)Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)14342
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)14684
Mid-terms13030
Final examination13939
Total Work Load

ECTS Credit of the Course






195

7,5
COURSE DETAILS
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 Course TermNoInstructors
Details 2022-2023 Fall1KORAY YILMAZ
Details 2021-2022 Fall1KORAY YILMAZ
Details 2017-2018 Spring1KORAY YILMAZ


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Course Details
Course Code Course Title L+P Hour Course Code Language Of Instruction Course Semester
FIZ 524 ADVANCED STATISTICAL MECHANICS 3 + 0 1 Turkish 2022-2023 Fall
Course Coordinator  E-Mail  Phone Number  Course Location Attendance
Prof. Dr. KORAY YILMAZ kyilmaz@pau.edu.tr FEN B0115 %70
Goals This course aims to develop links between microscopic and macroscopic systems in order to describe the energy and thermal properties of collections of atoms in terms of the microscopic properties of their constituents.
Content Classical Statistical Mechanics, Canonical Ensemble and Grand Canonical Ensemble, Statistical Mechanics of Gases, Quantum Statistical Mechanics, Ideal Fermi Gases, Ideal Bose Gases, Ising Model and Some Applications of Statistical Mechanics
Topics
WeeksTopics
1 Chapter 1 - Fundamental Concepts in the Statistical Physics:Laws of Thermodynamics, Reasons for statistical approach, Macroscopic and Microscopic States, Statistical weight in a macroscopic state.
2 Termodynamical equilibrium of an isolated system, Statistical ensembles, Ergodic Principle, Liouville’s Theorem.
3 Chapter 2- Classical statistical mechanics: Microcanonical ensemble, Gibbss paradox, micro-canonical ensemble in the ideal gases and harmonic oscillators.
4 Einstein model in the microcanonical ensemble. Chapter 3-Canonical Ensemble: Partition function, Canonical ensemble in the ideal gases and harmonic oscillators.
5 Einstein and Debye models in the canonical ensemble, Statistics of paramagnetism.
6 Chapter 4- Statistical Mechanics of Gases: Monotomic ideal gases, Diatomic ideal gases.
7 Equipartition Theorem, Real gases, Maxwell-Boltzmann velocity distribution.
8 Chapter 5- Grand Canonical Ensemble: Application: Ideal mono-atomic gases.
9 Midterm
10 Chapter 6- Quantum Statistical Mechanics: Quantum regime, Quantum symmetry conditions, Quantum-mechanical ensemble theory: the density matrix.
11 Quantum statistics for microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical ensembles, The density matrix and the partition function of a system of free particles.
12 Example: An electron in a magnetic field, A free particle in a box, a linear harmonic oscillator. Statistics of occupation number.
13 Chapter 7- İdeal Fermi System: Thermodinamic behavior of an ideal Fermi gas, The electron gas in metals, Statistical equilibrium of white dwarf stars.
14 Chapter 8- İdeal Bose Systems: Thermodynamic behavior of an ideal Bose gas, Photon gazı-the black-body radiation, Bose-Einstein condensation.
Materials
Materials are not specified.
Resources
ResourcesResources Language
F. Mandl, Statistical Physics, John Wiley&Sons,1994English
R.K. Pathria, Statistical Physics, Butterworth,Oxford, 1996English
Kerson Huang, Sttaistical Mechanics, John Wiley&Sons, New York, 1963English
Fevzi Apaydın, İstatistik Fizik, Hacettepe Universitesi, Ankara,1988Türkçe
Bekir Karaoğlu, İstatistik Mekaniğe Giriş, Seyir Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2003Türkçe
Course Assessment
Assesment MethodsPercentage (%)Assesment Methods Title
Final Exam50Final Exam
Midterm Exam50Midterm Exam
L+P: Lecture and Practice
PQ: Program Learning Outcomes
LO: Course Learning Outcomes