Soft Matter, Biological and Statistical Physics
Research Group
Course on
"Advanced Statistical Physics"
Spring Semester 2016 (1394-95);
School of Nano Science, IPM
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Lecturer: Ali Naji (School of Physics, IPM) Office: Room 503, Farmanieh Building (IPM) Email: a.naji@ipm.ir ; Tel: +98-21-22280692 ext. 3039 |
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Time: Tuesdays, 9:00 - 10:15 and 11:00 - 12:15 (three-unit course) Starting from Sunday March 27, 2016 (Farvardin 8, 1395) |
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Place: School of Nano Science, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Farmanieh Ave, Next to Kouh-e-Nour Building, Tehran, Iran Classroom C, 2nd floor, Farmanieh Central Building (IPM) Tutorial sessions: Saturdays, 11:00-12:30, Classroom B; tutored by Dr. Bahman Roostaei (IPM) |
| Course Information (click here) |
| Course Syllabus (click here) |
| Instructions and Suggested Topics for Term Essays (click here) |
| Problem sets: |
| Homework #1: Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics: Basic principles (I) |
| Homework #2: Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics: Basic principles (II) |
| Homework #3: Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics: Basic principles (III) |
| Homework #4: Spin Models |
| Homework #5: Canonical and Grand Canonical Ensembles |
| Homework #6: Quantum Statistics |
| Homework #7: Virial Expansion |
| Homework #8: Phase Transitions & Critical Phenomena: Mean-field theory |
| Homework #9: Phase Transitions & Critical Phenomena: Gaussian fluctuations (one-loop corrections) |
| Homework #10: Phase Transitions & Critical Phenomena: Real-space RG |
| Homework #11: Dissipative Dynamics of Particles |