熱統計物理一 
<br>Thermal Statistics (I)
<br>(Fall, 2011)
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<br>教科書
<br>Thermal Physics (second edition, 1980) by Kittel and Kroemer.
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<br>一般來說，教科書最好不要太舊，才能跟上科學進展的腳步。很認真地讀了幾本新的教科書，發現 Kittel and Kroemer 寫的熱物理真是經典，也很對我的胃口。當然這和作者都在美國的加州大學任教無關，尤其與 Kroemer 在風光明媚的 Santa Barbara 教書這件事，特別沒有關係。
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<br>背景知識
<br>General Physics: Temperature, entropy and heat. Bolzmann distribution. Stationary states (energy levels) in quantum physics.
<br>Applied Math: Partial differentiation. Probability theory.
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<br>熱統計物理所需的背景知識不多，如果你之前很混，這是你東山再起的好時機。但這並不是說這門課很容易，因為上課內容包含很多新觀念，所以需要相當多的時間才能消化。教科書後面的習題一定要做，不然你跟得上的機率很小。
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<br>期末成績
<br>學期共有三次評量：兩次期中考與期末考。三次分數加總後，其平均值為期末原始分數，視全班學習狀況於整體比較後，以等第制給定最後的成績。
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<br>一定被當的訣竅：習題課出席率低於七成，且期末原始分數低過60分的同學，很抱歉，你的期末成績必定不及格。
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<br>一定及格的方法：期末原始分數高於60分的同學，就恭喜你了。
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<br>每次考試有6題，每題佔20分，共120分，4題為計算題，1題為論述題，另有1題加分題。計算題由課本習題改寫(一定會改到背答案是沒用的，所以請不要白費力氣)，事先演練並徹底瞭解習題，將有效提昇你的分數。論述題有字數與格式規定，請於考前多多練習。加分題是由上課內容延伸而來，有志於物理研究的同學，可以做為學習的指標。
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<br>上課時間
<br>每星期上兩次80分鐘的課，共160分鐘，上課時間如下：
<br>Mondays (10:10-11:30)
<br>Wednesdays (08:30-09:50)
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<br>上課進度
<br>下列為預估上課進度與內容，實際進度將視上課狀況調整，請定期瀏覽網頁上的最新消息與課程更新。
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<br>Week 1
<br>Sep 12 (Mon) 中秋節
<br>Sep 14 (Wed) L1: multiplicity (Chap 1)
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<br>Week 2
<br>Sep 19 (Mon) L2: binary model system (Chap 1)
<br>Sep 21 (Wed) L3: sharpness of multiplicity function (Chap 1)
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<br>Week 3
<br>Sep 26 (Mon) L4: most probable configuration (Chap 2)
<br>Sep 28 (Wed) 教師節
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<br>Week 4
<br>Oct 3 (Mon) L5: temperature (Chap 2)
<br>Oct 5 (Wed) L6: entropy (Chap 2)
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<br>Week 5
<br>Oct 10 (Mon) 國慶日
<br>Oct 12 (Wed) L7: Boltzmann factor (Chap 3)
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<br>Week 6
<br>Oct 17 (Mon) L8: partition function (Chap 3)
<br>Oct 19 (Wed) L9: Helmholtz free energy (Chap 3)
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<br>Week 7
<br>Oct 24 (Mon) L10: Sackur-Tetrode equation (Chap 3)
<br>Oct 26 (Wed) 1st midterm (Chap 1-3)
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<br>Week 8
<br>Oct 31 (Mon) 發考卷與檢討考卷
<br>Nov 2 (Wed) L11: Planck radiation law (Chap 4)
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<br>Week 9
<br>Nov 7 (Mon) L12: electrical noise (Chap 4)
<br>Nov 9 (Wed) L13: phonon and Debye theory (Chap 4)
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<br>Week 10
<br>Nov 14 (Mon) L14: chemical potential (Chap 5)
<br>Nov 16 (Wed) 全校運動會停課
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<br>Week 11
<br>Nov 21 (Mon) L15: applications of chemical potential (Chap 5)
<br>Nov 23 (Wed) L16: Gibbs factor (Chap 5)
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<br>Week 12
<br>Nov 28 (Mon) L17: grand partition function (Chap 5)
<br>Nov 30 (Wed) 2nd midterm (Chap 4-5)
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<br>Week 13
<br>Dec 5 (Mon) 發考卷與檢討考卷 
<br>Dec 7 (Wed) L18: Fermi-Dirac distribution (Chap 6)
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<br>Week 14
<br>Dec 12 (Mon) L19: Bose-Einstein distribution (Chap 6)
<br>Dec 14 (Wed) L20: ideal gas in classical limit (Chap 6)
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<br>Week 15
<br>Dec 19 (Mon) L21: thermal processes for ideal gas (Chap 6)
<br>Dec 21 (Wed) L22: Fermi gas (Chap 7)
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<br>Week 16
<br>Dec 26 (Mon) L23: metal, white dwarf star and nuclear matter (Chap 7)
<br>Dec 28 (Wed) L24: Bose gas (Chap 7)
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<br>Week 17
<br>Jan 2 (Mon) L25: Bose-Einstein condensation (Chap 7)
<br>Jan 4 (Wed) L26: superfluidity in Helium (Chap 7)
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<br>Week 18 (Final Week)
<br>Jan 11 (Wed) final (Chap6-7)
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