Instructor: Prof. Oskar Vafek E-mail: vafek"at"magnet.fsu.edu Phone: (850) 644-0848 PHY5246 Meeting Times: Mon&Wed 9:05am-10:20am (HCB 314) TA: Arash Yunesi E-mail: ay13b"at"my.fsu.edu Instructor Office Hours: Mon 10:50pm-11:50pm (Keen 309) and by appointment Textbooks: (main text) R.K. Pathria and Paul D. Beale, Statistical Mechanics (3rd Edition) (useful reference texts) L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz, Statistical Physics E. Fermi, Thermodynamics E. Schrodinger, Statistical Thermodynamics M. Kardar, Statistical Physics of Particles

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Course Description PHY5524 is a one semester graduate level course. Statistical basis of thermodynamics will be motivated by a short review of thermodynamics. Elements of ensemble theory and the role played by quantum statistics will be covered. Specific topics to be investigated will include, but are not limited to, ideal Bose systems, ideal Fermi systems, inter particle interactions and phase transitions