PHYS4101 Thermal Physics

Fall 2021

Course Information and Class Syllabus

Textbook

Supplemental Materials

• Article on the use and misuse of the word "heat".
• Mathematica notebook to reproduce Figure 2.5 from the textbook.
• Mathematica notebook to show relation between entropy and temperature (Figure 3.1).
• Mathematica notebook to show entropy vs energy for two-state paramagnet (Figure 3.8).
• YouTube video that explains "negative temperatures" and the Purcell Pound experiment.
• Article describing the Stirling engine demonstration.
• Water phase diagram from Wikipedia.
• Mathematica notebook regarding van der Waals EOS and phase transitions in Section 5.3.
• Spectral Classification of Stars: Schroeder Fig 6.4 and all classes from lecture by Adam Burrows. I also encourage you to read about Annie Jump Cannon.
• Mathematica notebook calculating quantities related to CO poisoning in Section 7.1.
• An article by Willis Lamb arguing against the use of the term "photon".
• Robert Wilson's Nobel Prize lecture on the discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background
• The Richtmyer Memorial Lecture by Carl Wieman on the disovery of Bose-Einstein Condensation in an ultracold gas.