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1 PH4211 Statistical Mechanics Brian Cowan Contents 1 The Methodology of Statistical Mechanics 1.1 Terminology and Methodology Approaches to the subject Description of states Extensivity and the Thermodynamic Limit 1.2 The Fundamental Principles The Laws of Thermodynamics Probabilistic interpretation of the First Law Microscopic basis for Entropy 1.3 Interactions The Conditions for Equilibrium Thermal Interaction Temperature Volume change Pressure Particle interchange chemical potential Thermal interaction with the rest of the world the Boltzmann factor Particle and energy exchange with the rest of the world the Gibbs factor 1.4 Thermodynamic Averages The Partition Function Generalised Expression for Entropy Free Energy Thermodynamic Variables Fluctuations The Grand Partition Function The Grand Potential Thermodynamic Variables 1.5 Quantum Distributions Bosons and Fermions Grand Potential for Identical Particles The Fermi Distribution The Bose Distribution The Classical Limit The Maxwell Distribution 1.6 Classical Statistical Mechanics Phase Space and Classical States Boltzmann and Gibbs Phase Spaces The Fundamental Postulate in the Classical Case The Classical Partition Function The Equipartition Theorem PH4211 Contents 1
2 1.6.6 Consequences of Equipartition Liouville s theorem Boltzmann s H theorem 1.7 The Third Law of Thermodynamics History of the Third Law Entropy Quantum viewpoint Unattainability of Absolute Zero Heat capacity at Low Temperatures Other consequences of the Third Law Pessimist s statement of the laws of thermodynamics 2 Practical Calculations with Ideal Systems 2.1 The Density of States Non-interacting systems Converting sums to integrals Enumeration of states Counting States General Expression for the density of states General relation between pressure and energy 2.2 Identical Particles Indistinguishability Classical approximation 2.3 Ideal Classical Gas Quantum approach Classical approach Thermodynamic properties The 1/N! term in the partition function Entropy of mixing 2.4 Ideal Fermi gas Methodology for quantum gases Fermi gas at zero temperature Fermi gas at low temperatures simple model Fermi gas at low temperatures series expansion Chemical potential Internal energy Thermal capacity More general treatment of low temperature heat capacity High temperature behaviour the classical limit 2.5 Ideal Bose gas General procedure for treating the Bose gas Number of particles chemical potential Low temperature behaviour of the Bose Gas PH4211 Contents 2
3 2.5.4 Thermal capacity of Bose gas below T c Comparison with superfluid 4 He and other systems Two-fluid model of superfluid 4 He Elementary excitations 2.6 Black body radiation the photon gas Photons as quantised electromagnetic waves Photons in thermal equilibrium black body radiation Planck s formula Internal energy and heat capacity Black body radiation in one dimension 2.7 Ideal paramagnet Partition function and free energy Thermodynamic properties Negative temperatures Thermodynamics of negative temperatures 3 Non-ideal Gases 3.1 Statistical Mechanics The Partition function Cluster expansion Low density approximation Equation of state 3.2 The Virial Expansion Virial coefficients Hard core potential Square-well potential Lennard-Jones potential Second virial coefficient for Bose and Fermi gas 3.3 Thermodynamics Throttling Joule-Thomson coefficient Connection with the second virial coefficient Inversion temperature 3.4 Van der Waals Equation of State Approximating the Partition Function Van der Waals Equation Microscopic derivation of parameters Virial Expansion 3.5 Other Phenomenological Equations of State The Dieterici equation Virial expansion The Berthelot equation PH4211 Contents 3
4 4 Phase Transitions 4.1 Phenomenology Basic ideas Phase diagrams Symmetry Order of phase transitions The order parameter Conserved and non-conserved order parameters Critical exponents Scaling theory Scaling of the free energy 4.2 First order transition an example Coexistence Van der Waals fluid The Maxwell construction The critical point Corresponding states Dieterici s equation Quantum mechanical effects 4.3 Second order transition an example The ferromagnet The Weiss model Spontaneous magnetisation Critical behaviour Magnetic susceptibility Goldstone modes 4.4 The Ising and other models Ubiquity of the Ising model Magnetic case of the Ising model Ising model in one dimension Ising model in two dimensions Mean field critical exponents The XY model The spherical model 4.5 Landau treatment of phase transitions Landau free energy Landau free energy of the ferromagnet Landau theory second order transitions Thermal capacity in the Landau model Ferromagnet in a magnetic field 4.6 Ferroelectricity Description of the phenomena Landau free energy PH4211 Contents 4
5 4.6.3 Second order case First order case Entropy and latent heat at the transition Soft modes 4.7 Binary mixtures Basic ideas Model calculation System energy Entropy Free energy Phase separation the lever rule Phase separation curve the binodal The spinodal curve Entropy in the ordered phase Thermal capacity in the ordered phase Order of the transition and the critical point The critical exponent β 4.8 Quantum phase transitions Introduction The transverse Ising model Revision of mean field Ising model Application of a transverse field Transition temperature Quantum critical behaviour Dimensionality and critical exponents 4.9 Retrospective The existence of order Validity of mean field theory Features of different phase transition models 5 Fluctuations and Dynamics 5.1 Fluctuations Probability distribution functions Mean behaviour of fluctuations The autocorrelation function The correlation time 5.2 Brownian motion Kinematics of a Brownian particle Short time limit Long time limit 5.3 Langevin s Equation Introduction PH4211 Contents 5
6 5.3.2 Separation of forces The Langevin equation Mean square velocity and equipartition Velocity autocorrelation function Electrical analogue of the Langevin equation. 5.4 Linear Response - Phenomenology Definitions Response to a sinusoidal excitation Fourier representation Response to a step excitation Response to a delta function excitation Consequence of the reality of X(t) Consequence of causality Energy considerations Static susceptibility Relaxation time approximation 5.5 Linear Response - Microscopics Onsager s hypothesis Nyquist s theorem Calculation of the step response function Calculation of the autocorrelation function Appendixes Appendix 1 The Gibbs-Duhem Relation A.1.1 Homogeneity of the fundamental relation A.1.2 The Euler relation A.1.3 A Caveat A.1.4 The Gibbs-Duhem relation Appendix 2 Thermodynamic Potentials A.2.1 Equilibrium states A.2.2 Constant temperature (and volume): the Helmholtz potential A.2.3 Constant pressure and energy: the Enthalpy function A.2.4 Constant pressure and temperature: the Gibbs free energy A.2.5 Differential expressions for the potentials A.2.6 Natural variables and the Maxwell relations Appendix 3 Mathematica Notebooks A.3.1 Chemical Potential of the Fermi gas at low temperatures A.3.2 Internal Energy of the Fermi gas at low temperatures A.3.3 Fugacity of the ideal gas at high temperatures Fermi, Maxwell and Bose cases A.3.4 Internal energy of the ideal gas at high temperatures Fermi, Maxwell and Bose cases PH4211 Contents 6
7 Appendix 4 Evaluation of the Correlation Function Integral A.4.1 Initial domain of integration A.4.2 Transformation of variables A.4.3 Jacobian of the transformation PH4211 Contents 7
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