Video suggestion lecture_1
Here a list of video suggestions for lecture 1 on the Einstein model.
- Introduction video. Show the law of Dulong petit and repeat the equipartition theorem (and its assumptions such as a parabolic potential etc). Also introduce the definition of the heat capacity. Additionally state the problem: we observe a convergence of the heat capacity towards 0 for low temperatures, hence we need a new model. This video can also nicely be used to introduce the Einstein model, quickly state that instead of modeling atoms as classical harmonic oscillators we now model them as quantum harmonic oscillators and that all atoms oscillate with the same frequency. This is also a nice transition to the next video on the quantum harmonic oscillator.
- Quantum harmonic oscillator recap.
- Derivation and discussion of the heat capacity of the quantum harmonic oscillator.