Level
Baccalaureate +4
ECTS
3 credits
Component
UFR PhITEM (physique, ingénierie, terre, environnement, mécanique)
Semester
Automne
Description
Goal: Introduce the basic statistical physics concepts to address the equilibrium and evolution properties of nano-scale systems.
Objectives
Content:
- Statistical entropy
- Boltzmann factor, statistics in the canonical ensemble, mean values and fluctuations
- classical and quantum oscillators, applications
- chemical potential, grand canonical ensemble,applications: adsorption isotherms, quantum statistics
- fluctuations dynamics, linear response
- Monte-Carlo notions
Course parts
- UE Statistical physics - CMTDLectures (CM) & Teaching Unit (UE)24h
Period
Semester 7