Information Package / Course Catalogue - Adnan Menderes University

General Information Unit Staff Academic Information Programme Outcomes Course Structure Diagram Contact Information

Person Responsible for Information Package

Prof. Fatih ERSAN

Prof. Melis GÖKÇE

Assoc. Prof. Yelda KADIOĞLU

Lec. Arash MOBARAKI

Lec. Cenk AKYÜZ

Lec. Şerife Gökçe ÇALIŞKAN

Statistical Physics

Course Code	: FİZ324
Course Type	: Required
Couse Group	: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 4
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 4
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 6

Objectives of the Course

The main aim of the course is to examine the macroscopic physical properties of systems consisting of many particles by using the microscopic properties of the system.

Course Content

Principles of thermodynamics, Thermodynamics of ideal gas, Macro- and Microstates, Phase space, Statistical sets, Basic assumption of statistical mechanics and microcanonical ensemble, Investigation of ideal monatomic gas in microcanonical ensemble, Einstein specific heat model, paramagnetism in microcanonical ensemble, canonical ensemble and partition function, general properties of the canonical ensemble, Debye specific heat model, paramagnetism in the canonical cluster, statistical mechanics of gases, quantum statistical mechanics

Name of Lecturer(s)

Prof. Cesur EKİZ

Learning Outcomes

1.	be able to explain basic probability concepts.
2.	be able to explain the history and reasons for the statistical approach.
3.	can show that the causes of macrostates arise from the microstructure of matter.
4.	be able to explain the relationship between thermodynamic entropy and statistical entropy.
5.	can apply the methods of statistical physics to physics problems.
6.	can distinguish the difference between statistical ensembles; be able to examine several physical systems in microcanonic and canonic ensembles.

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	İstatistik Mekaniğe Giriş, B. Karaoğlu, Seçkin Yayıncılık, Ankara 2012
2.	İstatistik Fizik (Berkeley Fizik Serisi, cilt 5), F. Reif, Çeviri: Y. Elerman, T. N. Durlu, Bilim Yayınları, İstanbul, 1965
3.	İstatistik Fizik, F. Apaydın, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınları, Ankara 2004
4.	Principles of Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics, D. Stauffer, Wiley-VCH, 2000
5.	Statistical Physics, L. D. Landau, E. M. Lifshitz, Pergamon Press 1958

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Principles of Thermodynamics, Basic Concepts

Week 2 - Theoretical

Thermodynamics of ideal gases

Week 3 - Theoretical

Statistical Approach

Week 4 - Theoretical

Macroscopic and microscopic states

Week 5 - Theoretical

Phase space and statistical ensembles

Week 6 - Theoretical

Microcanonical ensemble

Week 7 - Theoretical

Ideal Monatomic Gas

Week 8 - Theoretical

Specific Heat of Solids (Midterm exam)

Week 9 - Theoretical

Einstein Model

Week 10 - Theoretical

Paramagnetism in the microcanonical ensemble

Week 11 - Theoretical

Canonical ensemble and partition function

Week 12 - Theoretical

General properties of the canonical ensemble

Week 13 - Theoretical

Specific heat of solids, Debye model

Week 14 - Theoretical

The Equipartition Theorem Applications, Paramagnetism in the canonical ensemble

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	0	4	56
Midterm Examination	1	35	2	37
Final Examination	1	55	2	57
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7	PÇ-8	PÇ-9	PÇ-10	PÇ-11	PÇ-12	PÇ-13	PÇ-14
OÇ-1	4	4	3	4	3								3
OÇ-2	4	4											4
OÇ-3	4	4	4	4					4
OÇ-4	4	3	4	3	4						3		4
OÇ-5		2	4	4
OÇ-6			4	4									4