PHYS5510 · Lecture recording

Lecture 2: Thermodynamic Potentials, Stability, and Statistical Ensembles

Recorded September 14, 2026. The complete lecture, including its introduction and transitions.

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Part 01

Legendre Transformations and Thermodynamic Potentials

11:45
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Part 02

Local Thermodynamics in a Trapped Gas

06:37
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Part 03

Measuring Pressure from a Density Profile

07:59
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Part 04

Maxwell Relations and Chemical Potential

06:49
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Part 05

Response Functions and Heat Capacities

11:28
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Part 06

Equilibrium from Entropy Maximization

08:10
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Part 07

Thermodynamic Stability and Allowed Variations

11:48
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Part 08

From Thermodynamics to Statistical Mechanics

07:55
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Part 09

Fluctuations, Phase Space, and Microscopic Dynamics

07:20
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Part 10

Three Ensembles and Equal A Priori Probability

09:43
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