Advanced course on statistical physics I (Fall 2023)
This course is devoted to advanced topics in statistical mechanics.
Link for class http://vc15.sbu.ac.ir/class-4021161210501/
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)
- Preliminary Topics (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.
- Interactive simulations (Link)
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”.
My previous lectures (Link) & (Click here)
paper on Fluctuations
Exams
First midterm would be on 1402/08/04 at 1:00 pm (Questions with answer-key)
First Midterm Marks (Download)
second midterm would be on 1402/09/23 at 1:00 pm including chapters: 1,2,3,4 (Questions with answer-key) (Credit for the Answer-key is for Ali Talebi as my TA for this course)
Second Midterm Marks (Download)
Third midterm would be on 1402/10/14 at 1:00 pm including chapters 5 and 6 (Questions with answer-key) (Credit for the Answer-key is for Ali Talebi as my TA for this course)
Third Midterm Marks (Download)
Final exam includes chapters 7 and 8
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 9 (Download)