Statistical Mechanics Lecture notes (Oxford Maths)

Statistical Mechanics Lecture notes (Oxford Physics)

Ergodic hypothesis

Equilibrium ensembles

Fundamental postulate

Can formulate as:

• Maximum entropy. Can be formulated as minimum of a Thermodynamic Potential, depending on constraints imposed.
• Equal a-priori probabilities principle

Partition function

Thermodynamics

Laws

1st law

2nd law

3rd law

Thermodynamic potentials

Applications