Thermal+and+Statistical+Physics+II

2013 ACE Award (Open Education Consortium)
OCW designed by Professor Hsiu-Hau LIN

**Textbook:** Thermal Physics (2nd edition) by C. Kittel and H. Kroemer. You can find the lecture videos in NTHU OCW

= Class Lectures (Semester II) =

L1: (Chap 8) L2: (Chap 8)
 * Week 1 **

L3: (Chap 8)
 * Week 2 **

L4: (Chap 8) L5: (Chap 9)
 * Week 3 **

L6: (Chap 10) L7: (Chap 10)
 * Week 4 **

L8: (Chap 10) L9: (Chap 10)
 * Week 5 **

L10: Landau theory of phase transitions 2 (Chap 10)
 * Week 6 **

Midterm 1 (Chap 8-10) Midterm 1 discussions
 * Week 7 **

L11: (Chap 11) L12: (Chap 11)
 * Week 8 **

(BBC video) quest for absolute zero (Chap 12) L13: (Chap 12)
 * Week 9 **

L14: (Chap 13) L15: (Chap 13)
 * Week 10 **

L16: (Chap 13) L17: (Chap 13)
 * Week 11 **

Midterm 2 (Chap 11-13) Midterm 2 discussions
 * Week 12 **

L18: (Chap 14) L19: (Chap 14)
 * Week 13 **

L20: (Chap 14) L21: (Chap 14)
 * Week 14 **

L22: Boltzmann transport equation 2 (Chap 14) L23: (Chap 14)
 * Week 15 **

L24: (Chap 15) L25: Fokker-Plank equation 2 (Chap 15)
 * Week 16 **

L26: (Chap 15) L27: (Chap 15)
 * Week 17 **

**Week 18** (Final Week) Final (Chap 14-15) Final discussions