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The course focus on the introduction to the macroscopic properties of matter based on microscopic models, which forms solid theoretical bases for understanding and application of thermal phenomena. One of the greatest achievements of 20th century physics is the discovery and confirmation of the ultimate constitution of matter, i.e. the basic blocks of macroscopic matter are proton, neutron and electron from which different atoms formed. Based on the microscopic constitution of matter, the investigation and understanding of macroscopic properties of matter by means of statistical methods is the basic objects of statistical thermodynamics. In this course, the constitution of matter, its basic interaction and the derived interactions will be introduced first; then the statistical law emerged from large number of particles will be presented along with detailed treatment of the ensemble theory and its application in gases, phase transition and critical phenomenon. An brief introduction of the non-equilibrium statistical physics as well as a preliminary exposure of Monte Carlo methods in statistical physics will be given.
1. Constitution of Matter (4 hours/lecture)
2. Statistical physics of nearly non-interacting particles (6 hours/lecture)
3. Kinetics of gases (4 hours/lecture)
4. Ensemble theory (6 hours/lecture)
5. Applications of ensemble theory (4 hours/lecture)
6. Introduction to phase transitions and critical phenomenon (8 hours/lecture)
7. Brief introduction of non-equilibrium statistical physics (10 hours/lecture)
8. Numerical methods in statistical physics (4 hours/lecture + 2 hours/practice)
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