Course Information

Course Code:
Course Number:
Code Course Name Language Type
FIZ 414E Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics II English Elective
Local Credits ECTS Theoretical Tutorial Laboratory
3 4 3 0 0
Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction
Prerequisites FIZ 331 MIN DD
or FIZ 331E MIN DD
or FIZ 310 MIN DD
or FIZ 310E MIN DD
Class Restriction None
Course Description
Statistical ensembles. Canonical and grand canonicals ensemble. Free energy chemical potential and fugacity. Ising model and lattice gases. Mean field theory. Bethe-Peierls approach. Statistical models on Bethe lattice. Landau theory of phase transitions. Critical phenomena and critical exponents, scaling theory. Simple renormalisation group transformationss. Fermi and Bose statics. Bose condensation. Interacting quantum systems. Boltzmann transport equatıon, coefficients, approach to equilibrium. Monte Carlo methods