Prerequisites: MATH 010B; one of the following: PHYS 002C with a B+ or better, PHYS 040E with a C- or better, PHYS 041C with a C- or bet- ter
Description: Covers macroscopic properties of many-particle systems. Examines laws and applications of thermody- namics (entropy, thermodynamic potentials, and ideal gases). Addresses principles and applications of sta- tistical mechanics including probability distributions; canonical, microcanonical, and grand canonical ensembles; specific heat of solids; paramagnetism; kinetic theory of gases; phase transitions; and quan- tum statistics.
Credit: Credit is not awarded for PHYS 134 if it has already been awarded for PHYS 132 or PHYS 133.