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  • Statistical Physics
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Course Introduction Information

Code - Course Title FİZ212 - Statistical Physics
Course Type Required Courses
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Laboratory + Practice 4+0
ECTS 5.0
Course Instructor(s) PROFESÖR DOKTOR NURAY CANDEMİR
Mode of Delivery The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face.
Prerequisites There is no a prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
Required or Recommended Resources Bekir KARAOĞLU, 2003, İstatistik Mekaniğe Giriş.,İstanbul,Ayhan Matbaası; F. Reif, 1965 Fundementals of Statistical Mechanics, McGraw-Hill
Recommended Reading List Kerson HUANG,1987, Statistical Mechanics, John Wiley & Sons; Fevzi APAYDIN, 2004, Statistical Physics, Hacettepe Publications.
Assessment methods and criteria 2 midterms and final exam
Work Placement N/A
Sustainability Development Goals

Content

Weeks Topics
Week - 1 EN: EN: The laws of thermodynamics: Fundamental concepts, Ideal gases.
Week - 2 EN:Thermodynamics Potentials.
Week - 3 EN: Statistical Approach: Macrostates, microstates, Phase Space, Statistical ensembles.
Week - 4 EN: EN: Microcanonic ensembles; fundamental assumptions in statsitical mechanics, Monatomic ideal gas, Specific heat of solids.
Week - 5 EN: Specific heat of solid.
Week - 6 EN: Einstein crystal, Paramagnetism
Week - 7 EN: Canonical ensembles: Partition function, General properties of the canonical ensembles.
Week - 8 EN: Specific heat of solids - Debye crystal, Paramagnetism.
Week - 9 EN: Statistical Mechanics of Gases: Monatomic ideal gas, Maxwell-Boltzmann velocity distribution,
Week - 10 EN: Diatomic gases, Equipartition theorem.
Week - 11 EN: Quantum Statistical Mechanics: Grand canonical ensembles
Week - 12 EN: Applications of the grand canonical ensembles.
Week - 13 Fermi -Dirac Statistics
Week - 14 EN: Bose-Einstein Statistics

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  • Elementary computing skills
  • To work in interdisciplinary projects

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Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
Quamtity Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam 1 30
2.Midterm Exam 1 30
Final Exam 1 40
Toplam (%) 100
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