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PHYSICS 4510
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Statistical Physics
Bose-Einstein Condensation, A New Form of Matter
The Energy Distribution Function
      Compares MB, BE & FD
Fermi-Dirac Distribution Example
      Develops example (6 fermions) similar to class
Fermi-Dirac Statistics
     Derivation of FD results
The Fermi-Dirac Distribution  
     Description and rationale for  distribution function
An Illustrative Example 
     Two-particle system
Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution Example
Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution Function
Particle Indistinguishability  
     Description & consequences
The Quantum Distribution Functions
     Describes all three MB, ME, & FD
Quantum Statistics
Spin and Statistics