Thermal and Statistical Physics I (Fall, 2013)
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<br>Lecturer: Prof. Hsiu-Hau Lin
<br>Class: M3M4W1W2 in 綜三館 203室
<br>Textbook: Thermal Physics (2nd edition) by C. Kittel and H. Kroemer.
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<br>You may find the lectures online NTHU Open Courses. More information can be found on my 
<br>wikispace: http://hsiuhau.wikispaces.com/
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<br>(1) 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
<br>狀況於整體比較後，以等第制給定最後的成績。
<br>(2) 三次考試日期如下：
<br>Oct 20 (Sun) 1st midterm (10:00-17:00 共7小時)
<br>Dec 1 (Sun) 2nd midterm (10:00-17:00 共7小時)
<br>Jan 12 (Sun) final (10:00-17:00 共7小時)
<br>(3) 每次考試有5題，每題佔20分，共100分。考試可以攜帶課本、豪豬筆記與自己的筆記，但請勿因為心
<br>慌而大量影印不相干的資料。考試期間不可交談討論、不可使用通訊器材與外聯絡，也請不要偷看他人答
<br>案。
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<br>課程進度
<br>Week 1 
<br>Sep 16 (Mon) L1: multiplicity (Chap 1)
<br>Sep 18 (Wed) L2: binary model (Chap 1)
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<br>Week 2 
<br>Sep 23 (Mon) L3: most probable configuration (Chap 2)
<br>Sep 25 (Wed) L4: temperature (Chap 2)
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<br>Week 3 
<br>Sep 30 (Mon) L5: entropy (Chap 2)
<br>Oct 2 (Wed) L6: entropy 2 (Chap 2)
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<br>Week 4 
<br>Oct 7 (Mon) L7: Boltzmann factor (Chap 3)
<br>Oct 9 (Wed) L8: partition function (Chap 3)
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<br>Week 5 
<br>Oct 14 (Mon) L9: Helmholtz free energy (Chap 3)
<br>Oct 16 (Wed) L10: Sackur-Tetrode equation (Chap 3)
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<br>Week 6
<br>Oct 20 (Sun) midterm (Chap 1-3)
<br>Oct 21 (Mon) 課堂討論
<br>Oct 23 (Wed) 期中考講解
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<br>Week 7
<br>Oct 28 (Mon) L11: photons and Planck radiation law (Chap 4)
<br>Oct 30 (Wed) L12: photons and Planck radiation law 2 (Chap 4)
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<br>Week 8
<br>Nov 4 (Mon) L13: fluctuation-dissipation theorem (Chap 4)
<br>Nov 6 (Wed) L14: fluctuation-dissipation theorem 2 (Chap 4)
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<br>Week 9
<br>Nov 11 (Mon) L15: phonons and Debye theory (Chap 5)
<br>Nov 13 (Wed) L16: phonons and Debye theory 2 (Chap 5)
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<br>Week 10
<br>Nov 18 (Mon) L17: chemical potential (Chap 5)
<br>Nov 20 (Wed) 全校運動會停課 
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<br>Week 11
<br>Nov 25 (Mon) L18: thermodynamic identities (Chap 5)
<br>Nov 27 (Wed) L19: Gibbs sum (Chap 5)
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<br>Week 12
<br>Dec 1 (Sun) midterm (Chap 4-5)
<br>Dec 2 (Mon) 課堂討論
<br>Dec 4 (Wed) 期中考檢討
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<br>Week 13
<br>Dec 9 (Mon) L20: quantum statistics (Chap 6)
<br>Dec 11 (Wed) L21: Fermi and Bose functions (Chap 6)
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<br>Week 14
<br>Dec 16 (Mon) L22: ideal gas in classical limit (Chap 6)
<br>Dec 18 (Wed) L23: thermal processes for ideal gas (Chap 6)
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<br>Week 15
<br>Dec 23 (Mon) L24: Fermi gas (Chap 7)
<br>Dec 25 (Wed) L25: metal, white dwarf star and nuclear matter (Chap 7)
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<br>Week 16
<br>Dec 30 (Mon) L26: Bose-Einstein condensation (Chap 7)
<br>Jan 1 (Wed) 元旦放假
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<br>Week 17
<br>Jan 6 (Mon) L27: Bose-Einstein condensation 2 (Chap 7)
<br>Jan 8 (Wed) L28: superfluidity in Helium (Chap 7)
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<br>Week 18 (Final Week)
<br>Jan 12 (Sun) final (Chap 6-7)