Advanced course on statistical physics I (Fall 2021)
This course is devoted to advanced topics in statistical mechanics.
Link for class https://vc15.sbu.ac.ir/class-4001161210501/
Link for my previous lectures on Computational Physics
Link for my previous lectures on Statistical Mechanics 1
Link for my previous lectures on Statistical Mechanics 2 (Khajeh Nasir Digital Library, SBU VPN needed)
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
My lectures
1400811 (Download)
1400813 (Download)
1400816 (Download)
1400818 (Download)
1400820 (Download)
1400823 (Download)
1400825 (Download)
1400827 (Download)
1400830 (Download)
1400902 (Download)
1400904 (Download)
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1400909 (Download)
1400911 (Download)
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1400916 (Download)
1400918 (Download)
1400921 (Download)
1400925 (Download)
1400928 (Download)
1400930 (Download)
1400105 Part A (Download) & Part B (Download)
1400107 (Download)
Exams
- First Midterm exam will be held on 1400.09.04 including a review on Thermodynamics (Chapters 1-4 Greiner) (Questions and Answer-key)
- Second Midterm exam will be held on 1400.09.25 including Chapters 1 and 2 (Questions and Answer-key)
- Third Midterm exam will be held on 1400.10.09 including Chapters 3,4,5 Canceled
- Final exam including Chapters 6,7 and 8 + (3, 4, 5) Questions
Some of my lectures (Click here)
Exercises:
Set 1 (Download) (see Reif, F., Statistical Physics (Berkeley Physics course-Volume 5), Macgraw-Hill Book company, 1967 and Link)
Set 2 (Download)
Set 3 (Download)
Set 4 (Download)
Set 5 (Download)
Set 6 (Download)
Set 7 (Download)
Set 8 (Download)
Set 9 (Download)