Statistical Mechanics
Course, Bachelor's level, 1FA140
Autumn 2024 Autumn 2024, Uppsala, 33%, On-campus, The course will be taught in English, if needed
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 33%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 4 November 2024–19 January 2025
- Language of instruction
- The course will be taught in English, if needed
- Entry requirements
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60 credits including Mechanics III, Electromagnetism I, Thermodynamics/Technical Thermodynamics, Quantum Physics/Quantum Physics F.
- Selection
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All qualified applicants will be admitted.
- Fees
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If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 10,833
- Total tuition fee: SEK 10,833
- Application deadline
- 15 April 2024
- Application code
- UU-13068
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 21 October 2024–3 November 2024
- Information on registration from the department
Autumn 2024 Autumn 2024, Uppsala, 33%, On-campus, The course will be taught in English, if needed For exchange students
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 33%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 4 November 2024–19 January 2025
- Language of instruction
- The course will be taught in English, if needed
- Entry requirements
-
60 credits including Mechanics III, Electromagnetism I, Thermodynamics/Technical Thermodynamics, Quantum Physics/Quantum Physics F.
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 21 October 2024–3 November 2024
- Information on registration from the department
About the course
The course discusses how probability theory can be used to derive relations between the microscopic and macroscopic properties of matter. Thermodynamic potentials, Maxwell-Boltzmann distributions with applications on crystals and gases. Quantum statistics, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics, Bose-Einstein condensation. The basic theory for electrons in a metal. Transport phenomena.
Contact
- Study counselling
- studievagledare@physics.uu.se
- +46 18 471 35 21