Date

Topics

 Chapters

Oblig 

ma. 20.aug

Birds-eye view

on thermodynamics

and statistical physics 

on. 22. aug.

Temperature, Energy,

Heat, Work  

First

principle of thermodynamics

1.1-3, 

ma. 27. aug.

Ideal gas model;

Equipartion of energy

1.2-6

on. 29. aug.

Microstates

macrostates, 

multiplicity function 

Paramagnetic model

Einstein  solid  

2.1-3

ma. 3. sep.

Multiplicity of Einstein solid, 

Large multiplicity limit,

Stirling approximation

2.4

on. 5. sep.

Multiplicity of

the ideal gas

2.5

Oblig 1

ma. 10. sep.

Entropy

Second law

of thermodynamics

2.6

on. 12. sep.

Thermal equilibrium:

entropy, heat and temperature

3.1-2

ma. 17. sep.

Mechanical and

chemical equilibrium:

work, pressure,

chemical potential 

3.4-5

on. 19. sep.

Basic concept: Free energies 

Legendre transform 

Oblig 1 (hand-in)

ma. 24. sep.

Free energies 

(pre-recorded)

5.1-2

Oblig 2

on. 26. sep.

Heat engines and refrigerators

(self-study)
 

4.1-2

ma. 1. okt.

 Phase transition 

(W. Miloch)

5.3

on. 3. okt.

Boltzmann statistics

Basic concept: Partition function

(W. Miloch)

6.1-4, 6.6

ma. 8 okt, 

No lectures
(Mid-term)

Oblig 2
(hand-in)

on. 10 okt

No lectures
(Mid-term)

Oblig 3

ma. 15. okt.

Lab

on. 17. okt.

Lab

ma. 22. okt.

Lab

on. 24. okt.

Lab

ma. 29. okt.

Free energies

Partition functions 

6.5

Oblig 3 
(hand-in)

Oblig 4

on. 31. okt.

Cassical ideal gas revisited 
 Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
 

6.7

ma. 5. nov.

Ideal quantum gas model:

Fermi and Bose distributions
 

7.1-2

on. 7. nov.

Degenerate Fermi gases

degenerate stars
 

7.3

ma. 12. nov.

Photon gas:

Back-body radiation

cosmic radiation
 

7.4

Oblig 4
(hand-in)

on. 14. nov.

Phonon gas and Einstein solid

7.5

ma. 19. nov.

recap

Exam admission 

on. 21. nov.

recap