Status
O
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Statistical Mechanics
Term
2021C
Syllabus URL
Subject area
PHYS
Section number only
001
Section ID
PHYS611001
Course number integer
611
Meeting times
MW 10:15 AM-11:45 AM
Meeting location
DRLB 3C2
Level
graduate
Instructors
Vijay Balasubramanian
Description
Introduction to the canonical structure and formulation of modern statistical mechanics. The thermodynamic limit. Entropic and depletion forces. Gas and liquid theory. Phase transitions and critical phenomena. The virial expansion. Quantum statistics. Path integrals, the Fokker-Planck equation and stochastic processes.
Course number only
611
Use local description
No