PHYS501 STATISTICAL MECHANICS
| Course Code: | 2300501 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Physics |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. ALTUĞ ÖZPİNECİ |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The course will cover the basic principles of statistical physics and its applications to both classical and quantum mechanical physical system. Basic principles of quantum statistical mechanics will also be given. İdeal Bose and Fermi Systems will be examined. Elementary interacting sytems will be treated in some detail.
Course Content
Elements of the classical and quantum statistics, the partition function, ideal Fermi gas, ideal Bose gas, Ising model and some applications of statistical mechanics.
Course Learning Outcomes
The students completing this course, will become acquinted with the essential principles of statisitical mechanics and will be able to apply it to classical and and quantum mechanical systems
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | They are competent in the fundamentals of Physics and in the subfield of their thesis work. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | They have necessary skills (literature search, experiment design, project design, etc.) for doing research with guidance of a more experienced researcher. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | They can communicate research results in a proper format (journal article, conference presentation, project report etc.) | ✔ | |||
| 4 | They can learn necessary skills and techniques (theoretical, experimental, computational etc.) on their own. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | They have necessary skills to work as team member in a research group. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution