PHYS440-17S1 (C) Semester One 2017

Thermal, Statistical and Particle Physics

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2017
End Date: Sunday, 25 June 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 3 March 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 19 May 2017

Description

Development of statistical mechanics from thermodynamic principals. Entropy interpreted from both the thermodynamic and statistical viewpoint. Applications in nuclear and particle physics including radioactivity.

Prerequisites

(1) PHYS203; (2) MATH201.

Restrictions

PHYS204, PHYS310

Lecturer

Roger Reeves

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Final Exam 60%
Homework Assignments 20%
Test 1 10% On Thermodynamics Section on Thursday 24 March in lecture time.
Test 2 10% On Statistical Physics Section on Thursday 12th May

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $993.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if less than 1 person applies to enrol.

For further information see School of Physical & Chemical Sciences .

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