Thermal Physics (Charles Kittel and Herbert Kroemer)

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Format

Lecture #. Topic ⬇︎

Lecture video (Youtube) ⬇︎

Notes ⬇︎

1. Counting states

Lecture 1 (Counting states).pdf

2. Entropy and temperature

Lecture 2 (Entropy and temperature).pdf

3. Boltzmann distribution and free energy

Leacture 3 (Boltzmann distribution and free energy).pdf

Typed notes

Typed notes (all).pdf

4. Ideal gas, mixing

Lecture 4 (Ideal gas, mixing).pdf

5. Planck distribution

Lecture 5 (Planck distribution).pdf

6. Debye theory, Johnson-Nyquist noise

Lecture 6 (Debye theory, Johnson-Nyquist noise).pdf
Lecture 6 (Extra).pdf

7. Chemical potential, Gibbs distribution

Lecture 7 (Chemical potential, Gibbs distribution).pdf
Lecture 7 (Extra).pdf

8. Indistinguishable particles, thermodynamics of ideal gas

Lecture 8 (Indistinguishable particles, thermodynamics of ideal gas).pdf

9. Fermi gases

Lecture 9 (Fermi gases).pdf

10. Bose-Einstein condensation

Lecture 10 (Bose-Einstein condensation).pdf

11. BEC continued

Lecture 11 (BEC continued).pdf
Lecture 11, 10 (Extra Bose-Einstein condensation).pdf

12. Heat engines, laws of thermodynamics

Lecture 12(Heat engines, laws of thermodynamics).pdf

13. Gibbs free energy

Lecture 13 (Gibbs free energy).pdf

14. Equations of state

Lecture 14 (Equations of state).pdf

15. 1st and 2nd order phase transitions

Lecture 15 (1st and 2nd order phase transitions).pdf

16. Ferromagnetism

Lecture 16 (Ferromagnetism).pdf

17. May 24. Landau theory of phase transitions and scaling

18. Kinetic theory

Lecture 18 (Kinetic theory).pdf

19. Diffusion and viscosity

Lecture 19 (Diffusion and viscosity).pdf

20. Maxwell’s demon

Lecture 20 (Maxwell’s demon).pdf