Schedule
This schedule is tentative. We will deviate from it as necessary as the course proceeds.
Update, 2020-03-08: Note that we have fallen behind this schedule due to the snow day. The dates are not current. The assignments I give in class are most accurate.
| Date | Topic | Schroeder Reading Due | Suggested Moore Reading Due |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, 01 /13 | Intro | none | |
| Wednesday, 01 /15 | Temperature, Ideal Gas Law | preface & pp. 1-9 | |
| Friday, 01 /17 | Equipartition, Heat & Work | pp. 10-19 | T1 |
| Monday, 01 /20 | MLK Day | ||
| Wednesday, 01 /22 | Compression, PV diagram | pp. 20-27 | T7 (out of order, but helpful) |
| Friday, 01 /24 | Heat Capacity & Enthalpy | pp. 28-36 | |
| Monday, 01 /27 | Combinatorics | pp. 49-53 | T2 |
| Wednesday, 01 /29 | Einstein Solids | pp. 53-67 | |
| Friday, 01 /31 | Ideal Gas Revisited | pp. 68-74 | T3 |
| Monday, 02 /03 | Entropy | pp. 74-84 | |
| Wednesday, 02 /05 | Temperature & Entropy | pp. 85-91 | T8 (out of order, but helpful) |
| Friday, 02 /07 | Entropy & Heat | pp. 92-97 | |
| Monday, 02 /10 | Paramagnetism | pp. 98-108 | |
| Wednesday, 02 /12 | P, S, & the thermodynamic identity | pp. 108-114 | |
| Friday, 02 /14 | Chemical Potential | pp. 115-121 | |
| Monday, 02 /17 | Heat Engines | pp. 122-127 | T9 (out of order, but helpful) |
| Wednesday, 02 /19 | Midterm | none | |
| Friday, 02 /21 | Refrigerators | pp. 127-130 | |
| Monday, 02 /24 | Free Energy | pp. 149-160 | |
| Wednesday, 02 /26 | Free Energy; Intensive vs. Extensive | pp. 161-166 | |
| Friday, 02 /28 | Phase Transformations & van der waals | pp. 166-184 | T4 |
| Monday, 03 /02 | Spring Break | ||
| Wednesday, 03 /04 | Spring Break | ||
| Friday, 03 /06 | Spring Break | ||
| Monday, 03 /09 | buffer | TBD | |
| Wednesday, 03 /11 | Boltzmann Factor & Partition Function | pp. 220-228 | |
| Friday, 03 /13 | Expectation Values | pp. 229-238 | T5 |
| Monday, 03 /16 | Equipartition revisited | pp. 238-241 | |
| Wednesday, 03 /18 | Maxwell Distribution | pp. 242-246 | T6 |
| Friday, 03 /20 | More Partition Functions | pp. 247-256 | T7 (revisit for continuity/review) |
| Monday, 03 /23 | Gibbs Factor, Bosons, & Fermions | pp. 257-265 | T8 (revisit for continuity/review) |
| Wednesday, 03 /25 | Bosons, & Fermions | pp. 266-282 | T9 (revisit for continuity/review) |
| Friday, 03 /27 | Bosons, & Fermions (continued) | none | |
| Monday, 03 /30 | buffer | T.B.D. | |
| Wednesday, 04 /01 | Midterm | none | |
| Friday, 04 /03 | Blackbody Radiation | pp. 288-307 | |
| Monday, 04 /06 | Debye Theory | pp. 307-314 | |
| Wednesday, 04 /08 | Bose-Einstein Condensation | pp. 315-326 | |
| Friday, 04 /10 | Easter break | ||
| Monday, 04 /13 | The Ising Model | pp. 327, 339-345 | |
| Wednesday, 04 /15 | Monte Carlo Simulation | pp. 346-356 | |
| Friday, 04 /17 | Special Topics | T.B.D. | T10 |
| Monday, 04 /20 | Special Topics | T.B.D. | |
| Wednesday, 04 /22 | Special Topics | T.B.D. | |
| Friday, 04 /24 | Special Topics | T.B.D. | |
| Wednesday, 04 /29 | Final Exam (10:10 am) | none |