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Code:	MIT 8.333
Subject:	Physics
Topic:	Statistical Mechanics
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Name:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Statistical Mechanics I: Statistical Mechanics of Particles

Video Lectures

Displaying all 26 video lectures.

I. Thermodynamics
Lecture 1 Play Video	Thermodynamics I: The Zeroth & First Laws Topics: Fundamental Definitions, The Zeroth Law, The First Law
Lecture 2 Play Video	Thermodynamics II: The Second Law & Carnot Engines Topics: The Second Law, Carnot Engines and Thermodynamic Temperature, Entropy
Lecture 3 Play Video	Thermodynamics III: Thermodynamic Potentials Topics: Approach to Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Potentials, Useful Mathematical Results
Lecture 4 Play Video	Thermodynamics IV: Third Law of Thermodynamics Topics: Stability Conditions, The Third Law
II. Probability
Lecture 5 Play Video	Probability I: Randonm Variables and Probability Distributions Topics: General Definitions, One Random Variable, Some Important Probability Distributions
Lecture 6 Play Video	Probability II: The Central Limit Theorem Topics: Many Random Variables, Sums of Random Variables and the Central Limit Theorem, Rules for Large Numbers, Information, Entropy, and Estimation
III. Kinetic Theory of Gases
Lecture 7 Play Video	Kinetic Theory of Gases I: Liouville's Theorem Topics: General Definitions, Liouville's Theorem
Lecture 8 Play Video	Kinetic Theory of Gases II: The Boltzmann Equation Topics: The Bogoliubov-Born-Green-Kirkwood-Yvon Hierarchy, The Boltzmann Equation
Lecture 9 Play Video	Kinetic Theory of Gases III: H-Theorem and Irreversibility Topics: The H-Theorem and Irreversibility, Equilibrium Properties
Lecture 10 Play Video	Kinetic Theory of Gases IV: Conservation Laws
Lecture 11 Play Video	Kinetic Theory of Gases V: Zeroth & First Orders of Hydrodynamics Topics: Zeroth Order Hydrodynamics, First Order Hydrodynamics
IV. Classical Statistical Mechanics
Lecture 12 Play Video	Classical Statistical Mechanics I: The Microcanonical Ensemble Topics: General Definitions, The Microcanonical Ensemble, Two-Level Systems
Lecture 13 Play Video	Classical Statistical Mechanics II: Mixing Entropy and Gibbs' Paradox Topics: The Ideal Gas, Mixing Entropy and Gibbs' Paradox, The Canonical Ensemble
Lecture 14 Play Video	Classical Statistical Mechanics III: The Gibbs & Grand Canonical Ensembles Topics: Examples, The Gibbs Canonical Ensemble, The Grand Canonical Ensemble
V. Interacting Particles
Lecture 15 Play Video	Interacting Particles I: The Cumulant Expansion
Lecture 16 Play Video	Interacting Particles II: The Cluster Expansion
Lecture 17 Play Video	Interacting Particles III: Van der Waals Equation Topics: The Second Virial Coefficient and Van der Waals Equation, Breakdown of the Van der Waals Equation, Mean Field Theory of Condensation
Lecture 18 Play Video	Interacting Particles IV: Critical Point Behavior Topics: Variational Methods, Corresponding States, Critical Point Behavior
VI. Quantum Statistical Mechanics
Lecture 19 Play Video	Interacting Particles V: Mean field theory of Condensation Topics: Mean field theory of condensation, Corresponding states, Critical point behavior (from L17 & L18)
Lecture 20 Play Video	Quantum Statistical Mechanics I: Vibrations of a Solid Topics: Dilute Polyatomic Gases, Vibrations of a Solid, Black-body Radiation
Lecture 21 Play Video	Quantum Statistical Mechanics II: Microstates & Macrostates Topics: Quantum Microstates, Quantum Macrostates
VII. Ideal Quantum Gases
Lecture 22 Play Video	Ideal Quantum Gases I: Hilbert Space of Identical Particles
Lecture 23 Play Video	Ideal Quantum Gases II: Grand Canonical Formulation Topics: Canonical Formulation, Grand Canonical Formulation
Lecture 24 Play Video	Ideal Quantum Gases III: The Degenerate Fermi Gas
Lecture 25 Play Video	Ideal Quantum Gases IV: The Degenerate Bose Gas
Lecture 26 Play Video	Ideal Quantum Gases V: Superfluid He4