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Module Name
Module Code
Lecture Hrs
Practical Hrs
Credits
Statistical Physics
PHYS2221(5)
3
0
3

Description
Review of basic concepts & Laws of Thermodynamics. Entropy and its relation to microscopic properties of a system. Basic methods of Statistical Mechanics - concept of Statistical ensembles. Microcanonical and canonical ensembles and their applications for discrete systems. Classical sytems: the Equipartition theorem, Ideal Classical gas. Introduction to Quantum Statistical Mechanics.
Faculty Department
FACULTY OF SCIENCE Department of Physics
Contact Details
Administrative assistant: RAINA FERHANA HOSSENBUX
Telephone: 4037400
Email: r.hossenbux@uom.ac.mu
 

 

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