M Dash Foundation: C Cube Learning

Tag: Statistical Mechanics

  • Microcanonical ensemble

    Microcanonical ensemble

    Microcanonical ensemble Lecture IV; This lecture, the 4th in the series of statistical mechanics lectures, a paper for the physics honors degree class, was delivered on the 10th of January this year (2018). You can find the previous lectures here ( Lecture — I, II ) and here ( Lecture — III ). Topics covered in this lecture a. Recapitulation of some previous ideas…

  • Phase space, ensemble and Liouville’s theorem

    Phase space, ensemble and Liouville’s theorem

    Phase space, Ensemble and Liouville’s theorem. Topics covered in this lecture a. Ensemble and average — thermodynamic systems b. Phase space — a classical system c. Liouville’s theorem Ensemble and average in thermodynamic systems For a given “macrostate” (N, V, E) a statistical system, at any instant of time, t, is likely to be found in any one…

  • Entropy, probability and equilibrium in thermodynamic systems.

    Entropy, probability and equilibrium in thermodynamic systems.

    The current lecture numbered lecture – I and II, is intended to be an introduction to the statistical mechanics paper of a Physics honors degree. It was delivered to the same class, on 22 November 2017. Topics covered:  i. Micro and macro state.  ii. Entropy and thermodynamic probability and thermal equilibrium.   Thermodynamic limit.  Lets consider…