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Statistical Mechanics II

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Typically OfferedOccasional
StudentsGraduate, advanced
Credits3.00

Symmetries and symmetry breaking, phase transitions, mean field theory, critical exponents, scaling hypothesis, renormalization group, diagrammatic expansion, epsilon-expansion, exact solution of the 2d Ising model. Boltzman kinetic equation, H-theorem, Fokker-Planck and Langevin equations, Born-Markov master equation, Lindblad superoperators, classical and quantum noise, theory of amplifiers.

Prerequisites: PHYSICS 715 and 731

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SecInstructorTimePlace
001Lev IoffeMW 04:00 pm - 05:15 pm2104 Chamberlin