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Instructors: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Wolfgang Ellermeier
Event type:
Lecture
Org-unit: Dept. 05 – Physics
Displayed in timetable as:
05-00-0141-vl
Subject:
Crediting for:
Hours per week:
3
Language of instruction:
German
Min. | Max. participants:
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Course Contents:
1. Foundations of Classical Mechanics
1.1 Newton's concept of space and time
1.2 Kinematics
1.3 Coordinate systems
1.4 Newton's laws
1.5 Work, power and potential energy
1.6 Kinetic energy
1.7 Many-particle systems
1.8 Coordinate transformations and non-inertial frames
2. Special relativity
2.1 Michelson experiment
2.2 Lorentz transformations
2.3 Velocities
2.4 Four-vectors and Minkowski space
2.5 Light-cone and Minkowski diagrams
2.6 Covarinat formulation of classical mechanics
2.7 Four-momentum
3. Classical Thermodynamics
3.1 Foundations
3.2 First law of thermodynamics
3.3 Heat capacities
3.4 Adiabats and isotherms
3.5 Second law of thermodynamics
3.6 Carnot process
3.7 Absolute temperature scale
3.8 Entropy as a thermodynamic variable, thermodynamic potentials
3.9 Simple consequences of the thermodynamic laws
Literature:
There is a large body of literature, e.g.
S. Großmann "Mathematischer Einführungskurs für die Physik", Teubner Studienbücher,
Stuttgart 1981
R.J. Jelitto, Theoretische Physik 1: Mechanik I, AULA-Verlag, Wiesbaden
1986 und weitere Bände aus dieser Reihe zu den jeweiligen Themengebieten.
W. Nolting, "Grundkurs Theoretische Physik, Bd. I, klassische Mechanik,
Springer 1989 und weitere Bände aus dieser Reihe zu den jeweiligen Themengebieten
E. Schmutzer, "Grundlagen der Theoretischen Physik", BI Wissenschaftsverlag,
Mannheim 1989
Preconditions:
Basic knowlegde of vector analysis and linear algebra
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