Advanced statistical physics I (Fall 2020)
Marks (Download)
This course is devoted to advanced topics in statistical mechanics.
Some topics to teach are as follows:
- Thermodynamic Limit
- Thermodynamical equilibrium
- Observable quantities
- Statistical ensembles
- Classical statistical mechanics
- Maxwell Boltzmann distribution
- Quantum Statistics
- BE & FD distributions
- An introduction to effective theory and critical phenomena
- Thermodynamics of early Universe
- Course subjects and program (Download)
- Stochastic fields: Definition and classification (Download)
- Statistics of smoothed cosmic fields in perturbation theory I: Formulation and useful formulas in second-order perturbation theory (Download)
- Lecture notes on critical Phenomena provided by Prof. Vahid Karimipour
- Mean field Theory (see link)
- Effective Theory (see link)
- Lecture Notes on Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (A Work in Progress), (See also this link) by Prof. Daniel Arovas.
Other related courses - Researches methods course (Link)
- Critical Phenomena and Phase transitions (Link)
- Computational Physics (Link)
- Data Analysis workshop (Link)
- Data Sciences (Link)
- Challenges in training and researches in Physics (Link)
1- R.K. Pathria, "Statistical Mechanics"
2- M. Kardar, "Statistical Physics of Particles"
3- Greiner et. al., “Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics”
Other relevant References:
4- Reif, F., Fundamental of statistical and thermal physics, Waveland Press, 2009.
5- Reif, F., Statistical Physics (Berkeley Physics course-Volume 5), Macgraw-Hill Book company, 1967.
6- Kerson Huang, “Statistical Mechanics”, Johm Wiley and Sons.
7- Dalvit, Diego AR, Jaime Frastai and Ian Lawrie, "Problems on statistical mechanics", CRC Press, 1999.
8- arXiv:1107.0568, “Lecture Notes in Statistical Mechanics and Mesoscopics”
9- STEPHEN J. BLUNDELL AND KATHERINE M. BLUNDELL ,”Concepts in Thermal Physics”.
10- arXiv:0804.0747
Exams
- First Midterm exam will be held on 99.09.13 at 14:00
Question 1 (Download) (Answer-Key) 14:30-15:00
Question 2 (Download) (Answer-Key) 15:20-16:00
Question 3 (Download) (Answer-Key) 16:00-16:30
Question 4 (Download) (Answer-Key) 16:30-17:00
- Second Midterm exam will be held on 99.10.20
Chapter 2, 3 and 4, Questions (Download) Questions- word format (Download) and (Answer-Key) please send your answer-sheet to both movahedsadegh at yahoo.com and sbustatmech at gmail.com
- Final exam will be held on 99.11.05 at 10:00 am
Chapter 5, 6, 7 and 8, Questions (Download) Questions- word format (Download) and (Answer-Key) please send your answer-sheet to both movahedsadegh at yahoo.com and sbustatmech at gmail.com - An extra-time for teaching rest part of course will be held on 99.10.25 at 13:00 - 17:00.
Some of my lectures
- Preliminary part (Download)
- Data Science (Download)
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- 990916 a paper on Fluctuations
- 990918 (Download)
- 990920 (Download)
- 990923 Part 1 (Download), Part 2 (Download)
- 990925 (Download)
- 990927 (Download)
- 990930 Part 1 (Download), Part 2 (Download)
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- 991025 (Download)
Exercises:
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