PH424: Statistical physics [3-1-0-8]
Course OveRVIEW (Spring 2024)
This course is expected to provide you the necessary fundamental ideas and the requisite tools and techniques in the area of Statistical Physics.
Class Schedule
10:00-10:55 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday (Classes); 11:00-12:00 on Thursday (Tutorial)
NOTE: Office contact hours (Notified outside R217-BlockIV); B.Tech. (EP) students are also enrolled in PH424 (alternative code for them EP304)
Contact:
isphysicsfun@gmail.com
handouts
| Lecture Notes | Tutorials/Problem Sets/Quizzes |
| Random Walk (Soft-Start) | Tut-I and II: Silvio Salinas Chapter 1, Problems 1-8 |
| Diffusion Equation | |
| Statistical Physics Fundamentals | Tut-III: Silvio Salinas Chapter 2, Problems 1-8 |
| Micro-Canonical Ensemble | Tut-IV: Silvio Salinas Chapter 3, Thermodynamics |
| Canonical Ensemble | Tut-V: Silvio Salinas Chapter 4, Problems 1-5 |
| Virial Expansion | Tut-VI: Silvio Salinas Chapter 5, Problems 1-8 |
| Tut-VII: Silvio Salinas Chapter 6, Poblems 1-6 |
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| Quiz-1 | Quiz-1 (Hints&Solution) |
| Mid-Semester Exam |
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| Open Book Exam | |
| Quantum Statistical mechanics-1 |
Tut-VIII: Silvio Salinas Chapters 7-8 problems |
| Quantum Statistical mechanics-2 | Tut-IX: Silvio Salinas Chapters 13 problems |
| Density Operator Formalism | Transfer Matrix Approach for Ising Model |
| Non-equilibrium Aspects |