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Probability
What is the sum of all probabilit...,
How do we calculate the mean 2,
How do we calculate the average o...
15
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Introduction to Statistical Mechanics
What is an isolated system 1,
What is fixed for an isolated sys...,
What is the potential energy for ...
17
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Entropy and Temperature
What is the equation for entropy 1,
How does entropy relate to the nu...,
How does entropy combines in ther...
18
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Equipartition
What is the average energy for th...,
What is a degree of freedom 2,
What is the average energy in the...
8
cards
Partition function 1
What is the single particle parti...,
How do we solve a problem in sm 2,
What is the equation for the inte...
13
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Partition function 2
What is the spin degeneracy of ea...,
What is the spin for an electron 2,
How is degeneracy accounted for i...
10
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Connection Between Thermo and Stat Mech
What is the microcanonical ensmble 1,
What does the 2nd law state 2,
When is a process reversible 3
10
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Fluctuations
What is the standard deviation of...,
What is the average energy 2,
What is the average energy for a ...
6
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Gases Part 1
What is needed to calculate the p...,
What are the bounds of a box of s...,
What is the wavefunction of a sin...
19
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Gases Part 2
What is the n particle partition ...,
What is the requirement for the i...,
What is an ideal gas 3
6
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Chemical potential
What is the chemical potential 1,
What is the equation for the chem...,
What is the grand canonical ensem...
6
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Photons
What is a blackbody 1,
What are the properties of a blac...,
What is the equation for energy d...
10
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Phonons
What are the assumptions for the ...,
What is the partition function fo...,
What is the internal energy for t...
9
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Quantum Statistics
What is the exchange operator 1,
What are the types of exchange sy...,
What type of particles are symmet...
16
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Fermions
What is the energy of a fermion 1,
What is the fermi energy 2,
What is the equation for the ferm...
6
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Bosons
What is the spin degeneracy for a...,
What is the spin degeneracy for a...,
What is the range of the bose ein...
3
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1. Introduction and Background
What is the lorentz force 1,
What is coulomb s law 2,
What is gauss s law 3
9
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2. Maxwell's equations in free space
What is the continuity equation 1,
What is the equation for electric...,
What is the maxwell s first equat...
11
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3. Electromagnetic waves in free space
What is the wave equation for ele...,
What is the wave equation for mag...,
What is the equation for a generi...
15
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4. Maxwell's equations in matter
What is the equation for surface ...,
What is the equation for dipole m...,
What is the definition of polaris...
30
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5. Waves and energy density
What is the free polarisation cur...,
What is the equation for phase ve...,
What is the equation for refracti...
17
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6. EM waves in matter with boundaries
How is the frequency of an em wav...,
How do the incident and reflected...,
What is snell s law 3
25
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7. Geometric optics
When are wavefronts parallel 1,
When is geometric optics appropra...,
What is fermat s principle 3
26
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8. Wave optics
What is the minimum angle resolve...,
What is the equation for the refl...,
What is the result of the weak re...
13
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