Universität Leipzig
Institut für Theoretische Physik
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Behn
Theoretical Physics in the Master Study Course (Modul
12-PHY-MWPT2)
and the IPSP Bachelor Course (Modul 12-PHY-BIPT2)
Summer Term 2015
Advanced Statistical Physics
The lecture course is intended for students in higher semesters which have
previously attended an introductory course in statistical physics, especially
for students in their second semester of the Master Study Course or in the 6th semester
of the IPSP Bachelor Course.
Subject are advanced problems of equilibrium statistical physics and basics of
the phenomenological and statistical description of non-equilibrium phenomena.
Topics include:
- Theory of phase transitions
Ising models in d=1 and 2, Renormalization group
- Phenomenological non-equilibrium thermodynamics
Balance equations for local equilibrium, generalized flows and forces
- Statistical mechanics of the non-equilibrium
Onsager reciprocal relations, linear response, Zwanzig-Mori formalism,
Boltzmann equation
- Stochastic Processes
Markov processes, Gaussian processes, Langevin and Fokker-Planck equations,
Fluctuation theorems
Exercise
Class: Dr. Konrad Schiele
| Achieved points in homework (final): BSc , MSc
| Results of the exam on July 20, 2015: BSc , MSc
| Results of the resit exam on October 09, 2015:
pdf
Grades BSc: 1 from 23 pts, 2 from 18 pts, 3 from 14
pts, 4 from
11 pts (of total 25 points)
Grades MSc: 1 from 28 pts, 2 from 23 pts, 3 from 17 pts,
4 from
13 pts
(of total 31 points)
Who is interested to see the graded resit exam can contact
Dr.
Schiele
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Conditions to obtain the credit
points
| Recommended literature: Phase transitions, Non-equilibrium
| Links of interest:
Nobel prices in physics
World of
Physics Internet Encyklopedia by Eric Weisstein
History of Mathematics
including Mathematical
Physics MacTutor
History of Statistical Mechanics
and Thermodynamics Hyperjeff Network
Timeline of Thermodynamics, Statistical Physics, and Random Processes
Wikipedia
Picture
Gallery of Famous Physicists Joachim Reinhardt, U
Frankfurt/Main
A Fluid Mechanics Hypercourse James A. Fay and
Nishikant Sonwalkar, MIT
| Downloads:
Statistische
Physik H. Horner, U Heidelberg (04)
Statistische
Mechanik H. Römer, T. Filk, U Freiburg (94)
Statistical
Physics II Xiao-Gang Wen, MIT (05)
Statistical Mechanics Jianshu Cao, MIT (08)
Statistical
Mechanics I Mehran Kardar, MIT (07)
Statistical
Mechanics II Mehran Kardar, MIT (08)
Probability Theory:
The
Logic of Science Fragments of a
monograph by E. T. Jaynes (94)
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