Thermal and Statistical Physics P340
Course Schedule -- Spring 2009
Week
 Date
Lecture Topic
 Reading* Homework
1
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W
F		 1/12
1/14
1/16		 Chapter 1: Energy in thermal physics

Chapter 1
2
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W
F		 1/19
1/21
1/23		 M.L. King Day
Chapter 2: The second Law 		Chapter 2

3
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W
F		 1/26
1/28
1/30
Chapter 2 		Chapter 2

4
 M
W
F		 2/2
2/4
2/6

Chapter 3: Interactions and Implications 		Chapter 3

5
 M
W
F		 2/9
2/11
2/13

Chapter 3

6
 M
W
F		 2/16
2/18
2/20		 Chapter 4: Heat Engines and refrigerators
EXAM#1 		Chapter 4

7
 M
W
F		 2/23
2/25
2/27
Chapter 5: Thermodynamics Potentials
Chapter 5

8
 M
W
F		 3/2
3/4
3/6


Chapter 5

9
 M
W
F		 3/9
3/11
3/13		 eutectic free energy java demo

Chapter 6: Statistical Thermodynamics 		Chapter 6

10
 M
W
F		 3/16
3/18
3/20		 Spring Break
11
 M
W
F		 3/23
3/25
3/27
EXAM#2 		Chapter 6

12
 M
W
F		 3/30
4/1
4/3
Chapter 7: Quantum Statistics 		Chapter 7

13
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W
F		 4/6
4/8
4/10		   Chapter 7
14
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W
F		 4/13
4/15
4/17
 
  		Chapter 7
15
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W
F		 4/20
4/22
4/24		 Chapter 8: Systems of interacting particles
  		Chapter 8
16
 M
W
F		 4/27
4/29
5/1		 Chapter 8 No Homework
17 XX/X Final EXAM 5:00-7:00 p.m., Fri., May 8 (Comprehensive)
* Sections in text An Introduction to Thermal Physics, by Daniel V. Schroeder
ISBN: 0-201-38027-7 (Addison Wesley-Longman, NY, 1999)