Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 8.08 (Spring 2005) 
• Course Title:
• Statistical Physics II 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Physics 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Xiao-Gang Wen 
• Course Introduction:
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  8.08 Statistical Physics II
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2005

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features comprehensive lecture notes and assignments.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course covers probability distributions for classical and quantum systems. Topics include: Microcanonical, canonical, and grand canonical partition-functions and associated thermodynamic potentials. Also discussed are conditions of thermodynamic equilibrium for homogenous and heterogenous systems.

  The course follows 8.044, Statistical Physics I, and is second in this series of undergraduate Statistical Physics courses.