Physics 210A : Lecture Notes

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APPROACH TO EQUILIBRIUM

04/11 @ 14:00
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1 #3
4

STATISTICAL ENSEMBLES

04/01 @ 18:00
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2,3
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5 QUANTUM STATISTICS 05/08 @ 12:15
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5,6 #5
6

INTERACTING SYSTEMS

04/01 @ 18:00
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7,8
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MEAN FIELD THEORY

04/01 @ 18:00
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9,10
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NONEQUILIBRIUM PHENOMENA

04/01 @ 18:00
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Reading Assignments

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WEEK SUBJECT LECTURE NOTES PELITI BOOK
1 approach to equilibrium 1.2 - 1.5, 3.2 - 3.6 3.1 - 3.4
2 statistical ensembles I 4.2 - 4.6 3.5 - 3.15
3 statistical ensembles II 4.7 - 4.10 3.16 - 3.18, 4.5
4 thermodynamics 2.2 - 2.11 2.1 - 2.18
5 quantum statistics I 5.2 - 5.5 4.1 - 4.2
6 quantum statistics II 5.6 - 5.7 4.3 - 4.4
7 interacting systems I 6.2 - 6.3, 7.3 5.5 - 5.11
8 interacting systems II 6.4 - 6.5 7.1 - 7.3
9 mean field theory I 7.2, 7.4 - 7.6 5.12 - 5.15
10 mean field theory II 8.9.1-6 5.16 - 5.18