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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

PY 407 - Thermal Physics


This course introduces students to the formal description of thermodynamics and classical and quantum statistical mechanics. This includes a detailed analysis of the three laws of thermodynamics and their application to physical systems, kinetic theory and an introduction to statistical ensembles.

Credits: 4

Prerequisites/Restrictions: PY 214 and PY 217