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Sacramento, California
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PHYS 156
Classical and Statistical Mechanics
Review of classical mechanics, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations, rigid body motion, small vibrations and normal modes, nonlinear dynamics and chaos. Review of the laws of thermodynamics, principles of classical statistical mechanics, ensemble formulations and applications, principles of quantum statistical mechanics, ideal quantum gases, applications to Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein systems.
Units: 3.0
Prerequisites:
PHYS 124 - Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
and
PHYS 110 - Classical Mechanics