This course develops concepts in classical laws of thermodynamics and their application, postulates of statistical mechanics, statistical interpretation of thermodynamics, microcanonical, canonical and grant canonical ensembles; the methods of statistical mechanics are used to develop the statistics for Bose-Einstein, Fermi-Dirac and photon gases; selected topics from low temperature physics and electrical and thermal properties of matter are discussed.

Recommended Books:

1. Statistical Physics by F. Mandl, ELBS/John Willey, (1998).
2. Fundamentals of Statistical and  Thermal Physics by F. Reif, Mc Graw Hill, (1988).
3. Introductory Statistical Mechanics by Roger Bowley and  Mariana Sanchez, (1999).
4. Statistical Mechanics by B.K. Agarwal  and  Melvin Eisner, John Wiley & Sons,  (1988).
5. Statistical Mechanics by R.K. Pathria, Butterworth-Heinemann, (1996).
6. Introduction to statistical mechanics by SK Sinha Narosa Publishing House PVT.LTD (2007)

   Assessment Criteria:

   Sessional:                    20 marks (Assignment, quiz, etc)

   Mid Term exam:           30 marks

   Final exam:                  50 marks

    

   Time of class:

   BS 7th Selfsupport      =>      Wednesday (12:00-01:00), Thursday( 01:00-02:00), Friday(12:00-01:00)

   BS 7th Self Regular  =>     Wednesday (10:00-11:00), Thursday( 11:00-12:00), Friday(11:00-12:00)

   MSc 3rd Regular  =>       Tuesday (01:00 - 02:00), Wednesday (01:00 - 02:00),Friday(01:00 - 02:00)