SPRING 2007

M W F 1:10 – 2:00 PM TKH 111

INSTRUCTOR: Professor Prabhakar Misra

OFFICE: TKH# 102 or OPFM/CSTEA# 112

E-MAIL: pmisra@howard.edu TEL: (202)806-4913 (Message/Voice Mail)

OFFICE HOURS: 2:10-3:00 PM M W and By Appointment

Text: “Statistical Mechanics,” R.K. Pathria, Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford, 2^nd edition, 1996 (ISBN: 0 7506 24698)

SUBJECT MATTER WEEK(S) OF

Statistical Mechanics of Solids 1/5, 1/8 & 1/17

Virial & Cluster Expansions 1/22, 1/29, 2/5 & 2/12

Fluctuations & Correlations 2/21, 2/26 & 3/5

Neutron Scattering 3/12, 3/26 & 4/2

Second Quantization 4/2, 4/9, 4/16 & 4/23

EXAM 1: 2/16

EXAM 2: 3/16

EXAM 3: 4/13

FINAL EXAM: 5/2

Grading Scheme: Homework 15%; Exams (1, 2 & 3) 65%; Final Exam 20%

Suggested Reading:

1. “Statistical Mechanics,” T. Tsang, Rinton Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 2002 (ISBN 1-58949-006-1).

2. “Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics,” W. Greiner, L. Neise & H. Stocker, Springer, New York, 1995 (ISBN 0-387-94299-8).

3. “Thermodynamics,” H.B. Callen, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1960 (ISBN 0-471-13035-4).

4. “Statistical Mechanics,” R. Kubo, Interscience Publishers, New York, 1965 (ISBN 0-444-10637-5).

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