COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name
Statistical Physics
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
PHYS 305
Fall/Spring
2
2
3
5
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery face to face
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Discussion
Problem Solving
Lecture / Presentation
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s)
Course Objectives The main objective of this course is to understand various different thermal phenomena that are met in daily life with the help of statistical methods.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • define the fundamental laws of thermodynamics.
  • discriminate physically possible and impossible machines.
  • dicuss statistical methods used in macroscopic events.
  • compare realistic systems with their ideal counterparts.
  • explain black-body radiation and Bose-Einstein condensation.
  • classify realistic quantum systems with the help of interactions at microscopic level.
Course Description In this course, after a review of thermodynamics, statistical theories of both classical and quantum systems will be studied for realistic systems.

 



Course Category

 Core Courses
Major Area Courses
X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Energy in thermal physics, 1st law of thermodynamics Daniel Schroeder, An introduction to thermal physics (Pearson, 1999). Chapter 1. ISBN: 978-0201380279
2 The law of large numbers, applications Daniel Schroeder, An introduction to thermal physics (Pearson, 1999). Chapter 2.1-4. ISBN: 978-0201380279
3 2nd Law of thermodynamics Daniel Schroeder, An introduction to thermal physics (Pearson, 1999). Chapter 2.5-6. ISBN: 978-0201380279
4 Temperature, heat, entropy Daniel Schroeder, An introduction to thermal physics (Pearson, 1999). Chapter 3.1-2. ISBN: 978-0201380279
5 Macroscopic implications of interactions among particles Daniel Schroeder, An introduction to thermal physics (Pearson, 1999). Chapter 3.3-6. ISBN: 978-0201380279
6 Heat engines, refrigerators and real counterparts Daniel Schroeder, An introduction to thermal physics (Pearson, 1999). Chapter 4. ISBN: 978-0201380279
7 Midterm exam 1
8 Free energy, phase transitions Daniel Schroeder, An introduction to thermal physics (Pearson, 1999). Chapter 5. ISBN: 978-0201380279
9 Boltzman Statistics Daniel Schroeder, An introduction to thermal physics (Pearson, 1999). Chapter 6.1-3. ISBN: 978-0201380279
10 Maxwell velocity distribution and ideal gas law revisited Daniel Schroeder, An introduction to thermal physics (Pearson, 1999). Chapter 6.4-7. ISBN: 978-0201380279
11 Quantum statistic Daniel Schroeder, An introduction to thermal physics (Pearson, 1999). Chapter 7.1. ISBN: 978-0201380279
12 Fermions, bosons and the systems they are in Daniel Schroeder, An introduction to thermal physics (Pearson, 1999). Chapter 7.2-3. ISBN: 978-0201380279
13 Fermi gas, blackbody radiation, Bose-Einstein condensation Daniel Schroeder, An introduction to thermal physics (Pearson, 1999). Chapter 7.4-6. ISBN: 978-0201380279
14 İnteracting many-body systems Daniel Schroeder, An introduction to thermal physics (Pearson, 1999). Chapter 8. ISBN: 978-0201380279
15 Semester review
16 Final Exam
Course Notes/Textbooks

Daniel Schroeder, An Introduction to Thermal Physics (Pearson, 1999). ISBN: 978-0201380279
Suggested Readings/Materials

Linda E. Reichl, A Modern Course in Statistical Physics, 3rd edn. (Wiley-VHC, 2009). ISBN: 9783527407828

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
20
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
30
Final Exam
1
40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
3
60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
40
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
32
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
Study Hours Out of Class
12
3
36
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
5
4
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
10
Final Exams
1
20
    Total
150

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
 Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able master and use fundamental phenomenological and applied physical laws and applications,

 X
2

To be able to identify the problems, analyze them and produce solutions based on scientific method,

 X
3

To be able to collect necessary knowledge, able to model and self-improve in almost any area where physics is applicable and able to criticize and reestablish his/her developed models and solutions,

 X
4

To be able to communicate his/her theoretical and technical knowledge both in detail to the experts and in a simple and understandable manner to the non-experts comfortably,
5

To be familiar with software used in area of physics extensively and able to actively use at least one of the advanced level programs in European Computer Usage License,
6

To be able to develop and apply projects in accordance with sensitivities of society and behave according to societies, scientific and ethical values in every stage of the project that he/she is part in,
7

To be able to evaluate every all stages effectively bestowed with universal knowledge and consciousness and has the necessary consciousness in the subject of quality governance,
8

To be able to master abstract ideas, to be able to connect with concreate events and carry out solutions, devising experiments and collecting data, to be able to analyze and comment the results,
9

To be able to refresh his/her gained knowledge and capabilities lifelong, have the consciousness to learn in his/her whole life,
10

To be able to conduct a study both solo and in a group, to be effective actively in every all stages of independent study, join in decision making stage, able to plan and conduct using time effectively.
11

To be able to collect data in the areas of Physics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).
12

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently
13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.

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