CHEM 7960 - Statistical Mechanics

Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: a course in quantum mechanics at the level of CHEM 7930.

R. F. Loring.

CHEM 7960 introduces the fundamentals of statistical mechanics: ensembles, distributions, averages, and fluctuations, building to the treatment of systems of interacting molecules. Topics from equilibrium statistical mechanics include structure and thermodynamics of molecular liquids, critical phenomena, and computational statistical mechanics. Topics from nonequilibrium statistical mechanics include spectroscopy, chemical kinetics, transport, and the microscopic origins of irreversibility.