1. SCREENING TEST 2018-2019
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What is the gaussian distribution and what are the relevant parameters describing it?
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What is the binomial distribution and what are the relevant parameters describing it?
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What is the probability that, on two independent dice launch, I get the numbers 3 and 6.
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What is the difference between isothermal and adiabatic transformation.
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A damped harmonic oscillator of mass $m$ and oscillator characteristic frequency $\omega$ initially departs with initial velocity $v_0$ from the equilibrium position. After some time we found it at rest. What is the work done by the damping force on the system?
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Consider a transformation in a perfect classical gas. By doubling the pressure we get an halving of the volume? Which transformation we have performed?
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$N$ independent two level systems are thermalized at a given temperature T. What is the ratio between the average number of systems in the higher energy level and that on the lower?
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What is the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution?
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What are the Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac distributions.
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What is the equipartition principle and when it holds?