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| * I just re-directed a question to our [[Forum|forum page]]. Please feel free to answer any question there, or ask questions yourself. We are all here to help one another. [Did I mention that this web site and the forum site accept LaTeX?] * I have gotten some inquiries about the textbook (or what to read). Very nice! The textbook is ''<<color("Statistical Physics of Particles", blue)>>'' <<color("by Mehran Kardar", blue)>>. I will also use some of ''<<color("Equilibrium Statistical Physics", blue)>>'' <<color("by Plischke and Bergersen", blue)>>. You can also read your favorite statistical/thermal physics book (your undergrad text or the one by, e.g., Landau, Feynman, or Fermi), if you have time and energy. However, following lectures well and reading one or two sources thoroughly is often a much better strategy than reading too many books, as far as following a course is concerned. |
* Next class, we will study why X-ray scattering has a lot to do with the things that we've been discussing so far. I will leave the rest of the topics in the textbook for reading, and will merely mention some of them (mean field theory, variational principle) very briefly. And then we will get into quantum statistical physics. However, most of the stuff in quantum statistical physics is standard stuff in undergrad curricula. So, I will be moving very fast. Please be sure to read them, though. – ~-''<<DateTime(2012-05-01T18:31:31-0700)>>''-~ * [[Homework+|Homework 3]] is on-line. If you have any question, let me know through any channel. |
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Welcome to Phys 219, 2012!
Next class, we will study why X-ray scattering has a lot to do with the things that we've been discussing so far. I will leave the rest of the topics in the textbook for reading, and will merely mention some of them (mean field theory, variational principle) very briefly. And then we will get into quantum statistical physics. However, most of the stuff in quantum statistical physics is standard stuff in undergrad curricula. So, I will be moving very fast. Please be sure to read them, though. – 6:31PM, May 01, 2012
Homework 3 is on-line. If you have any question, let me know through any channel.
Welcome to the Graduate Course in Statistical Physics!
In this course, you will learn statistical and thermal physics in-depth. The topics to be covered include fundamental topics of the classical and the quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics, the linear response theory and the renormalization group. You will also practice numerical methods. When properly followed, this course should enable you to gain solid understanding on how the random microscopic motions lead to sure macroscopic phenomena. You should also gain ability to perform basic and advanced statistical physics calculations.