Classical and Statistical Physics II -- Spring 2020
- Instructor: Prof. Eric Braaten
- office: M2038 Physics Research Building
email: braaten(AT)mps.ohio-state.edu
phone: 614-688-4228 (office)
office hours: Monday or Wednesday, 12:45 - 2:05 pm, or make an
appointment
- Textbooks:
- Pathria and Beale, Statistical Mechanics,
3rd Edition (Academic Press)
- (available to students as an e-book:
http://library.ohio-state.edu/record=b7519705~S7)
Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday, 12:45-2:05 pm, Scott
Lab N048
Homework: problems due each week on Tuesday (or
Thursday) at the end of class (or slip under the door of my office)
Exams:
Midterm: Tuesday, Feb 25 (??), 12:45-2:05 pm, Scott Lab N048
Final: Thursday, April 23, 2:00-3:45 pm, Scott Lab N048
Grading: homework (30%), midterm (30%), final (40%)
- Grader: Xiaozhou Feng, 2048 Physics Research
Building, feng.33@buckeyemail.osu.edu
- Tutor: Taylor Murphy, M2060 Physics Research
Building, murphy.1573@buckeyemail.osu.edu
- tutoring sessions: Friday 10:20-11:15am, M2035
Physics Research Building
- Web Pages:
- This page:
http://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/braaten.1/statphysgrad/statphys_info.html
- Home page:
http://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/braaten.1/statphysgrad/statphys_home.html
Syllabus
Chapters labelled "PB" are from Pathria and Beale, Statistical
Mechanics, 3rd Edition.
| Week |
Chapter |
Topics |
| Jan 7, 9 |
PB ch 1,2 |
microcanonical ensemble |
| Jan 14, 16 |
PB ch 6 |
canonical ensemble |
| Jan 21, 23 |
PB ch 7 |
grand canonical ensemble |
| Jan 28, 30 |
PB ch 6 |
simple gases
|
| Feb 4, 6 |
PB ch 7 |
ideal bosons |
| Feb 11, 13 |
PB ch 8 |
ideal fermions |
| Feb 18, 20 |
PB ch 9 |
early universe
|
| Feb 25, 27 |
PB ch 10 |
cluster expansions
|
| Mar 3, 5 |
PB ch 12 |
critical phenomena
|
| Mar 17, 19 |
PB ch 13 |
critical phenomena |
| Mar 24, 26 |
PB ch 14 |
renormalization group
|
| April 7, 9 |
PB ch 15 |
nonequilibrium
|
| April 14, 16 |
PB ch 16 |
simulations
|
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