8.08 Statistical Physics II, Spring 2003

Wen, Xiao-Gang

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Wen, Xiao-Gang

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Statistical Physics II

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Abstract

Probability distributions for classical and quantum systems. Microcanonical, canonical, and grand canonical partition-functions and associated thermodynamic potentials. Conditions of thermodynamic equilibrium for homogenous and heterogenous systems. Applications: non-interacting Bose and Fermi gases; mean field theories for real gases, binary mixtures, magnetic systems, polymer solutions; phase and reaction equilibria, critical phenomena. Fluctuations, correlation functions and susceptibilities, and Kubo formulae. Evolution of distribution functions: Boltzmann and Smoluchowski equations.

Date issued

2003-06

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35899

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics

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8.08-Spring2003

local: 8.08

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Keywords

Probability distributions, quantum systems, Microcanonical, canonical, grand canonical partition-functions, thermodynamic potentials, Conditions of thermodynamic equilibrium for homogenous and heterogenous systems, non-interacting Bose and Fermi gases, mean field theories for real gases, binary mixtures, magnetic systems, polymer solutions, phase and reaction equilibria, critical phenomena, Fluctuations, Kubo formulae, Evolution of distribution functions, Boltzmann and Smoluchowski equations, correlation functions, susceptibilities, Statistical physics

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