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|style="color:#000"|[[Image:7623.jpg|left|80px]] This is the second core course in the sequence (PHYS 616 + PHYS 813) aimed to introduce physics graduate students to basic concepts and tools of statistical physics. | |style="color:#000"|[[Image:7623.jpg|left|80px]] This is the second core course in the sequence (PHYS 616 + PHYS 813) aimed to introduce physics graduate students to basic concepts and tools of statistical physics. PHYS 616, or equivalent taken at some other institution, is prerequisite to enroll in this course. In general, statistical physics is ''difficult to teach and learn'' due to: | ||
PHYS 616, or equivalent taken at some other institution, is prerequisite to enroll in this course. In general, statistical physics is ''difficult to teach and learn'' due to: | |||
* students have had little experience making the connection between microscopic and macroscopic phenomena, | * students have had little experience making the connection between microscopic and macroscopic phenomena, | ||
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* there are few exactly solvable problems. | * there are few exactly solvable problems. | ||
The course will focus on practical introduction to QSM via examples and hands-on tutorials using computer algebra system such as Mathematica. The examples will be drawn from the application of QSM to condensed matter physics, phase transitions in magnetic systems, astrophysics, and plasma physics, as are the areas of relevance to research in DPA. | |||
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