Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : PH1005 : Statistical and Quantum Physics { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Prakash Nath Vishwakarma
Syllabus
Thermal and Statistical Physics : Laws of thermodynamics, Reversible and irreversible processes, Carnot’s cycle, thermodynamic scale of temperature, Concept of entropy, Entropy change in reversible and irreversible processes, Entropy of ideal gases, Thermodynamic functions, Internal energy, Enthalpy, Helmholtz function and Gibb’s free energy, Maxwell’s thermodynamical equations and their applications
Statistical distributions, Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics, molecular energies in ideal gas, quantum statistics: Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics, Rayleigh-Jeans formula, Planck's law of radiation, specific heats of solids, Dulong-Petit’s law, Einstein’s formula, Free electrons in metals
Quantum Mechanics : Black body radiation, photoelectric effect, X-ray, Compton Effect, pair production Particle nature of wave, Wave nature of particle, de Broglie waves, group waves, phase velocity & group velocity, uncertainty principle and its application Wave Function, Schrödinger Equation, boundary conditions on wave function, Particle in a box.
Course Objectives
- O1
- O2
- O3
- O4
Course Outcomes
CO1
Essential Reading
- Arthur. Bieser, Concept of Modern Physics, Tata-McGraw Hill
- K.W. Zeemansky, Heat and Thermodynamics, McGraw Hill Education
Supplementary Reading
- NA, NA, NA
- NA, NA, NA