Lectures related to Statistical Mechanics: Microscopic-Macroscopic Systems

Quantum to Classical Mechanics: Fundamentals

Covers the transition from quantum to classical mechanics, statistical mechanics, Monte Carlo simulations, and molecular dynamics simulations.

Statistical Physics: Isolated Systems and Entropy

Covers statistical physics, isolated systems, entropy, and the Boltzmann distribution.

Thermodynamic Transformations and Entropy

Explores thermodynamic transformations of ideal gases, heat capacity, entropy, and adiabatic processes.

Statistical Definition of Entropy: Microstates and Macrostates

Covers microstates, macrostates, entropy, and density of states in statistical mechanics.

Chemical Equilibria and Reactivity

Explores chemical equilibria, entropy, and thermodynamic principles in advanced chemistry.

Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Covers entropy, its definition, and its implications in thermodynamics.

Statistical Definition of Entropy: Adatoms and Mixing

Explores the statistical definition of entropy, adatoms on a surface, and mixing in a solid solution.

Curie Weiss Model

Covers the Curie-Weiss model in Statistical Physics, including magnetization probability, free entropy, and the cavity method.

Canonical Ensemble: Probability Distribution

Explores the probability distribution in the canonical ensemble and the Boltzmann distribution.

Chemical Equilibria and Reactivity

Covers the concepts of energy types, entropy, second principle, and Gibbs free energy.

Entropy and the Joule Expansion: A Statistical Perspective

Covers the relationship between entropy and the Joule expansion, illustrating how microscopic states relate to macroscopic disorder.

Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo

Covers computational methods for molecular systems at finite temperature, emphasizing stochastic sampling and time evolution simulations.

Classical Thermodynamics: Fundamentals

Covers the fundamentals of classical thermodynamics, from classical mechanics to statistical mechanics, and key thermodynamic variables.

Statistical Physics: Entropy

Explores statistical physics concepts like equiprobable microstates, entropy, and canonical ensembles, with applications in quantum mechanics and semiconductor physics.

Statistical Physics: Systems Isolation

Explores statistical physics concepts in isolated systems, focusing on entropy and disorder.

Molecular dynamics under constraints

Explores molecular dynamics simulations under holonomic constraints, focusing on numerical integration and algorithm formulation.

Entropy and Its Role in Thermodynamics

Explores the concept of entropy and its significance in thermodynamics.

Ensembles and Partition Functions

Covers ensembles, partition functions, and distributions in statistical thermodynamics.

Statistical Mechanics: Canonical Ensemble

Covers the canonical ensemble and harmonic oscillators in statistical mechanics.

Kinetic Theory of Gases: Introduction

Introduces the kinetic theory of gases, focusing on the microscopic description of gas components and the ideal gas law.