BGU Physics Department
Statistical Mechanics
(3.5 points, 4 hours)
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Basic principles: phase space, Liouville's theorem, the ergodic
hypothesis, mixing, chaos, coarse graining.
Theory of
statistical ensembles: density matrix; Liouville's theorem;
Partition functions.
Quantum ideal gases, state equations (Fermi, Bose, photons)
Phase transitions: Ising model,
Mean field theory,
Landau's theory, critical exponents, scaling.
Boltzmann's kinetic theory: the H theorem, Maxwell-Boltzmann
distribution.
Langevin equation. Correlation functions and linear
response theory. Fluctuation-dissipation theorems, Onsager relations
Sources:
- R. K. Pathria, Statistical Mechanics
- K. Huang, Statistical Mechanics
- Landau-Lifshitz, Statistical Physics
- R.P. Feynman, Statistical Mechanics
- Shang-Keng Ma, Statistical Mechanics
- F. Mohling, Statistical Mechanics Methods and Applications
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