PHYS-460 Statistical Mechanics


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An introduction to thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, the areas of physics that provide general frameworks for understanding how the macroscopic behaviors of matter and energy emerge from the microscopic properties of atoms, molecules, and other elementary particles or degrees of freedom. Usually offered every three semesters; see Physics Department website. Prerequisite: PHYS-351  and MATH-313 .

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