SUBJECT
Title
Statistical physics
Type of instruction
lecture + practical
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
4
Recommended in
Semester 1
Typically offered in
Autumn semester
Course description
Review of the equilibrium statistical physics: ensembles. Ideal quantum gases. Interacting systems: expansions. Mean field theory. Stability of thermodynamic states, phase transitions. Condensed matter at low temperature: elementary excitations. Non-equilibrium ensembles, irreversibility, relaxation, linear response, Master equations.
Readings
required readings:
- L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz, Statistical Physics, Addison-Wesley (1969),
- R. Kubo, Statistical Mechanics, North-Holland (1965), Franz Schwabl: Statistical Mechanics, Springer (2002),
- M. Plischke and B. Bergersen: Equilibrium Statistical Physics, World Scientific (2006), 3rd ed.
recommended readings:
- Linda E. Reichl: A Modern Course in Statistical Physics (Wiley-VCH, 2009)
- Pathria, R. K.: Statistical Mechanics. (Oxford: Pergamon, 1972)