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Schedule

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Week Date
Homework
 Reading
(Schroeder) 		Lectures Discussions
1 Jan 21   2.1-2.4 Probability and multiplicity  
1 Jan 23 PS 1
 due 1/30
solution 		2.1-2.4 Multiplicity of physical systems  
2 Jan 28   2.6 and 3.1 Thermal equilibrium and temperature Discussion 1
Solution 1
2 Jan 30 PS 2
 due 2/6
solution 		2.6 and 3.4 Entropy of the ideal gas  
3 Feb 4   6.1 and 6.2 Canonical Ensemble Discussion 2
Solution 2
3 Feb 6 PS 3
due 2/13
solution		 6.3 Equipartition Theorem  
4 Feb 11   6.5 and 6.7 Helmholtz free energy Discussion 3
Solution 3
4 Feb 13 PS 4
due 2/20
solution		 4.1 Heat and work

refrigerator		  
5 Feb 18    5.1 Thermodynamic potentials Discussion 4
Solution 4
5 Feb 20 PS 5
due 3/6 
solution		  3.5 Chemical potential  
6 Feb 25     Midterm 1 Discussion 5
Solution 5
6 Feb 27   5.2 Gibbs Free Energy  
7 Mar 4   7.1 Grand Canonical Ensemble Discussion 6
Solution 6
7 Mar 6 PS 6
due 3/27
solution		 7.4 Photon Gas  
8 Mar 11   7.5 Debye Model Discussion 7
Solution 7
8 Mar 13     no class  
9 Mar 25   7.2 Quantum statistics Discussion 8
Solution 8
9 Mar 27 PS 7
due 4/4
solution		 7.3 Degenerate Fermi gas (I)  
10 Apr 1   7.3 Degenerate Fermi gas (II) Discussion 9
Solution 9
10 Apr 3     Midterm 2  
11 Apr 8   7.6 Bose Einstein Condensation Discussion 10
Solution 10
11 Apr 10

PS 8
due 4/17
solution

 5.3 Phase Transitions  
12 Apr 15   5.3 Van der Waals model Discussion 11
Solution 11
12 Apr 17 PS 9
due 4/24
solution		 8.2 Ising Model  
13 Apr 22     Landau theory Discussion 12
Solution 12
13 Apr 24 PS 10
due 5/6
solution 		  Kinetic theory  
14 Apr 29     Thermal Radiation Discussion 13
Solution 13
14 May 1     Thermal Conduction