Advanced Statistical Mechanics (PHYS7074)
Course level
Postgraduate Coursework
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Class hours
2 Lecture hours
1 Tutorial hour
Prerequisite
Permission of Head of School
Assessment methods
Assignment
Course enquiries
This course is not currently offered, please contact the school or faculty of your program.
Course description
This course is aimed at graduate level physics students and will cover a selection of material in Advanced Statistical Mechanics, including renormalisation/phase transitions/cross-overs, fluctuation dissipation, Kubo/linear response, transport (Boltzmann, Landauer Buttiker), Fokker-Planck, Mermin-Wagner Theorem, low-dimensional phenomena & Kosterlitz-Thouless.