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* a deep understanding of the probability theory is important,
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* there are few exactly solvable problems.
 
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PHYS 813: Quantum Statistical Mechanics


The 12-hour version of the course was offered at the National Taiwan University in March 2010
The 15-hour version of the course will be offered at the University of Belgrade, Serbia in June 2010
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Course Topics

File:Nanoflyer.png
This is the second course in a sequence (PHYS 616 + PHYS 813) aimed to introduce physics graduate students to basic concepts and tools of statistical physics. Statistical physics is difficult to teach and learn due to:
  • students typically have had little experience making the connection between microscopic and macroscopic phenomena,
  • a deep understanding of the probability theory is important,
  • the solution of a single equation or a set of equations such as Newton laws, Maxwell equations, or Schrodinger equation is not central to statistical physics, so that there are no standard procedures that work for a large class of problems and many calculations are unfamiliar to students,
  • there are few exactly solvable problems.

Thus, the course will focus 

with application to

areas of relevance to research in DPA, such as magnetism, condensed

  • proper and improper mixed states in quantum mechanics and the density operator,
  • entanglement and decoherence in quantum mechanics,
  • equilibrium partition function for noninteracting bosons and fermions,
  • electrons in solids,
  • stellar astrophysics,
  • Bose-Einstein condensation in cold atomic gases,
  • phase transitions and critical phenomena (with emphasis on magnetic systems),
  • mean field theory vs. renormalization group methods,
  • quantum phase transitions,
  • elements of nonequilibrium statistical physics: Boltzmann equation, Kubo formula and quantum master equations.

News

  • Final exam is scheduled on 05/21 at 8:00AM in harp Lab 122.
  • Homework Set 5 has been posted and is due on 05/21.
  • Homework Set 6 has been posted for students wishing to collect extra credit.

Lecture in Progress

  • Lecture 9: Renormalization group (RG) theory of phase transitions

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