Instructor: Uwe Thumm

Office: Cardwell Hall, Rm 212

Hours: Wednesday, Friday 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

e-mail: thumm@phys.ksu.edu

Home page: http://www.phys.ksu.edu/~thumm

Prerequisites: Working knowlege of

• Mechanics (e.g., PHYS 522)
• Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (e.g., PHYS 562)
• Elementary (phenomenological) Thermodynamics (e.g., PHYS 564)

Text book (required): "Statistical Mechanics", R. K. Pathria (Butterworth-Heinemann, 2nd edition 1996).

Supplementary books (not required):

• "Thermal Physics", C. Kittel
• "Heat and Thermodynamics", M.W. Zemansky and R.H. Dittman
• "Statistical Physics", L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz
• "Statistical Mechanics", K. Huang
• "Foundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics", F. Reif
• "Statistical Theory of Heat, Nonequilibrium Phenomena", W. Brenig
• "Statistical Mechanics of Nonequilibrium Processes", D. Zubarev, V. Morozov, G. Ropke, Vol. 1

Grading:

Exam 1	200 points
Exam 2	200 points
Final exam	300 points
Homework	300 points

Grades:

A	> 850	points
B	700 - 849	points
C	550 - 699	points
D	450 - 549	points
F	< 450	points

University policy requires that I add the following statements to this syllabus.

1. Disabilities:

If you have any condition such as a physical or learning disability, which will make it difficult for you to carry out the work as I have outlined it or which will require academic accommodations, please notify me and contact the Disabled Students Office (Holton 202), in the first two weeks of the course.

2. Plagiarism:

Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses and may be punished by failure on the exam, paper or project; failure in the course; and/or expulsion from the university. For more information refer to the "Academic Dishonesty" policy in K-State Undergraduate Catalog and the Undergraduate Honor System Policy on the Provost's web page at: http://www.ksu.edu/honor/.