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MSE-421 Statistical mechanics

• Classical thermodynamics - a recap, from an axiomatic perspective
• Probability and statistics (another recap)
• Ensembles and distributions
• Phonons, and properties of solids
• Indistinguishable particles - electrons and the Fermi distribution
• Phase transitions - the Ising model and the ferromagnetic transition
• Theory of liquids - radial distribution functions
• Flory theory of polymers - a statistical approach


  • Professor: Michele Ceriotti
  • Teacher: Joseph William Abbott
  • Teacher: Wei Bin How
  • Teacher: Kevin Kazuki Huguenin-Dumittan

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