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Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics S24
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Description

Instructors: 

Professor Cecilia Clementi <cecilia.clementi@fu-berlin.de>

Tutors:

Andrea Guljas <aguljas@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Edoardo Rolando <er3887fu@physik.fu-berlin.de> 

Anil Kumar Sahoo <aksahoo@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

EXAM DATES:

19.07.2024, 10:00-12:00 location: HS 1b in the  Rostlaube

10.09.2023, 10:00-12:00

Lecture time:

Tuesday 10:00-12:00

Friday 10:00-12:00

Lecture location: 

The lectures will be in person and will be held in 0.1.01 Lecture Hall B (Arnimallee 14). 

Course chat

The course chat is available here:

https://matrix.to/#/!nAWAQpxpKPFxOjLjVk:physik.fu-berlin.de?via=physik.fu-berlin.de

Borrow Kubo's book online

Link to legally borrow the book by Ryogo Kubo, "Statistical Mechanics, An Advanced Course with Problems and Solutions" to enrich problem-solving skills.

https://archive.org/details/statisticalmecha0000kubo_d3t4/page/58/mode/2up

Tutorial location and time:

All tutorials will be in person.

There are three available times for the tutorials, which will be held in different rooms as follows:

Tuesday 12:00-14:00 --> 0.1.01 Hörsaal B (Arnimallee 14)

Tuesday 4:00-6:00 p.m. --> 1.4.03 Seminarraum T2 (Arnimallee 14)

Friday 12:00-14:00 --> 1.1.26 Seminarraum E1 (Arnimallee 14)


The course will cover:

  • equilibrium ensembles
  • thermodynamics: thermodynamic potentials, laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic cycles
  • ideal quantum gases
  • phase transitions
  • interacting systems
  • Introduction to non-equilibrium statistical mechanics

literature

  • RK Pathria, Statistical Mechanics (Butterworth Heinemann 1996)
  • F. Schwabl, Statistical Mechanics (2nd ed., Springer 2006)
  • F. Reif, Fundamentals of statistical and thermal physics (McGraw-Hill 1965)
  • W. Nolting, Basic Course Theoretical Physics 6: Statistical Physics (Springer 2005)

Lecture Schedule (tentative) 

01. Tuesday, April 16

Introduction

02. Friday, April 19

Probability and Statistics

03. Tuesday, April 23

Probability and Statistics

04. Friday, April 26

Recap of Classical Mechanics

05. Tuesday, April 30

Microcanonical Ensemble

06. Friday, May 3

Microcanonical Ensemble

07. Tuesday, May 7

Microcanonical Ensemble

08. Friday, May 10

Canonical Ensemble

09. Tuesday, May 14

Canonical Ensemble

10. Friday, May 17

Grand Canonical Ensemble

11. Tuesday, May 21

Grand Canonical Ensemble

12. Friday, May 25

Some applications

13. Tuesday, May 28

ideal gas

14. Friday, May 31

Classical Thermodynamics

15. Tuesday, June 4

Classical Thermodynamics

16. Friday, June 7

Classical Thermodynamics

17. Tuesday, June 11

Classical Thermodynamics

18. Friday, June 14

Quantum Statistics

19. Tuesday, June 18

Quantum Statistics

20. Friday, June 21

Bose-Einstein Systems

21. Tuesday, June 25

Fermi Dirac Systems

22. Friday, June 28

Interacting Systems

23. Tuesday, July 2

Interacting Systems

24. Friday, July 5

cluster expansion

25. Tuesday, July 9

cluster expansion

26. Friday, July 12

Perturbation Theory

27. Tuesday, July 16

Review - preparation for the exam

28. Friday, July 19

----> EXAM <-----

 

Basic Course Info

Course No Course Type Hours
20104401 Vorlesung 4
20104402 Übung 2

Time Span 16.04.2024 - 10.09.2024
Instructors
Cecilia Clementi

Study Regulation

0352c_MA120 2020, MSc Physik (Mono), 120 LP
0496a_MA120 2016, MSc Computational Science (Mono), 120 LPs

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Main Events

Day Time Location Details
Tuesday 10-12 Arnim 14/0.1.01 Hörsaal B 2024-04-16 - 2024-07-16
Friday 10-12 Arnim 14/0.1.01 Hörsaal B 2024-04-19 - 2024-07-12

Accompanying Events

Day Time Location Details
Tuesday 12-14 0.1.01 Hörsaal B Edoardo Rolando
Tuesday 16-18 1.4.03 Seminarraum T2 Andrea Gulyás
Friday 12-14 1.1.26 Seminarraum E1 Anil Kumar Sahoo

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