PHYSICS 400: statistical and thermal physics, fall 2008
Tim Gfroerer, Davidson College
Announcements and Class Demonstrations
*NOTE: Attendance at all physics seminars is required.
| Date | Announcement or Demonstration |
| 8/25 | Equipartition Physlet |
| 8/27 | Physlet Physics Illustration 20.3: Thermodynamic Processes |
| 8/29 | Heat Capacity Applets |
| 9/1 | Physics Seminars at 4pm on Thurs. 9/4 and 9/11: Student Summer Research |
| 9/3 | Microstates/Macrostates Physlet (select "movable partition") |
| 9/5 | Natural Science and Mathematics Grad School Panel on Monday, September 8th @ 4pm in 313 Alvarez |
| 9/5 | Calculating multiplicities on Excel |
| 9/8 | Problem with big numbers |
| 9/19 | Figure 3.1: Entropy and Temperature |
| 9/26 | Figure 3.14: Entropy and Pressure |
| 9/26 | Physlet Quantum Physics Section 15.2 |
| 10/3 | Carnot Cycle applet |
| 10/6 | Physics Department Picnic on Wednesday, 10/15 at the Christian Farm |
| 10/8 | Otto engine simulator |
| 10/10 | Seminar on Thursday: John Hubisz of NC State will speak on The Church, Science and the Galileo Affair, free lunch at 12:15. |
| 10/15 | Laser cooling |
| 10/29 | Van der Waals Model |
| 11/3 | Van der Waals constants |
| 11/7 | 1982 Nobel Prize: Phase Transitions |
| 11/10 | Seminar on Thursday, 11/13 at 4:00: Phil Russell of Appalachian State will speak on Use of Electron and Ion Beams for Nanofabrication and Nanoanalysis, free lunch at 12:15. |
| 11/14 | Maxwell speed distribution notebook |
| 12/1 | Semiconductor impurity notebook |