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Module MA3444: Statistical Physics II
- Credit weighting (ECTS)
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5 credits
- Semester/term taught
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Hilary term 2015-16
- Contact Hours
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11 weeks, 3 lectures including tutorials per week
- Lecturer
- Prof Dmytro Volin
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- Learning Outcomes
- On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
- Explain the difference between fermions and bosons and work out the consequences for N-particle systems at low temperatures;
- Make content with the classical regime at high temperatures and or low particle densities;
- Apply the formalism of statistical physics to systems without particle number conservation (e.g. photons, phonons);
- Apply the formalism of quantum statistical physics to simple model systems;
- Apply the formalism of thermodynamics to magnetic/spin systems;
- Do a mean field analysis of spin systems;
- Solve the 1-dimensional Ising model, and show familiarity with Peierl's argument in 2 dimensions
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- Module Content
- Suggested Literature
- 1. Kerson Huang, 'Introduction to Statistical Physics'
- 2. L.D. Landau, E.M. Lifshitz, 'Statistical Physics'
- 3. James P. Sethna, 'Statistical Mechanics: Entropy, Order Parameters and Complexity'
- 4. Lectures of Leonard Susskind on YouTube
- 5. Wikipedia
- Module Prerequisite
- MA3443 - Statistical Physics I
- Assessment Detail
- This module will be examined
in a 2-hour examination in Trinity term. The continuous assessment percentage contribution to the annual results is 20%. Supplemental exam if required will consist of 100% exam.
