printer friendly pagePHYSICS 212: Statistical Mechanics
Principles, ensembles, statistical equilibrium. Thermodynamic functions, ideal and near-ideal gases. Fluctuations. Mean-field description of phase-transitions and associated critical exponents. One-dimensional Ising model and other exact solutions. Renormalization and scaling relations. Prerequisites:
PHYSICS 131, 171, or equivalents.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Shenker, S. (PI)
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