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Lecture Notes in Statistical Mechanics

Lecture 1 Introduction
Lecture 2 Microcanonical ensemble
Lecture 3 Classical ideal gas
Lecture 4 Canonical ensemble
Lecture 5 Energy, fluctuations
Lecture 6 Entropy, Free energy
Lecture 7 Grand canonical ensemble
Lecture 8 Energy, entropy, fluctuations
Lecture 9 Quantum statistical mechanics: formulation
- Problem set 9.1
Lecture 10 Ideal gas of quantum particles
Lecture 11 Bose-gas and BE condensation
Lecture A1 Ising model
Lecture B1 Landau theory of phase transitions

These lecure notes were prepared for the Statistical Mechanics course I have been teaching, as part of the M.Sc. program here at Jamia.

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Books recommended (in order of preference)

Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics - W. Greiner, L. Neise, H. Stöcker
Statical Mechanics - R.K. Pathria
Statical Mechanics - Kersan Huang

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