A Course of Lectures on Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

This is a set of lectures given by the author in 2009 at Flinders University, Adelaide, comprising one semester of a third-year undergraduate course in physics. The lectures begin with an introduction to the theoretical background of statistical mechanics, and then continue with a mixture of theory and application. Topics covered are those that comprise the standard tool kit for advanced study in the field.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA530196

Entities

People

  • Don Koks

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Band Theory Of Solids
  • Blackbody Radiation
  • Crystal Lattices
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetism
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy Bands
  • Energy Transfer
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Latent Heat
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Specific Heat
  • Standing Waves
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermodynamics
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Statistical inference.