PHYS 140AStatistical and Thermal Physics I
Integrated treatment of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics; statistical treatment of entropy, review of elementary probability theory, canonical distribution, partition function, free energy, phase equilibrium, introduction to ideal quantum gases.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “PHYS 130A. Open to major codes PY26, PY28, PY29, PY32, PY33, PY34, and PY35 only.”
Where it sits in degree plans
Suggested plans most often put it in Year 4 · Fall (2 programs).
One of the options in (1)
- Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (B.S.)