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<br>Statistical Mechanics II (Fall, 2017)
<br>Lecturer: Prof. Hsiu-Hau LIN
<br>Schedule: 13:20 - 16:20 on Fridays
<br>Textbook: Statistical Mechanics by Pathria and Beale (third edition)
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<br>Course desc<x>ription
<br>I plan to cover four major topics in the textbook:
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<br>1. Method of Quantized Fields
<br>2. Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena
<br>3. Renormalization Group
<br>4. Quantum Biology
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<br>The course materials are fully contained in the LaTEX notes below and may not follow 
<br>the textbook closely. Be sure to work out all homework problems at the end of each 
<br>notes so that you get the hands on the technical details.
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<br>Syllabus
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<br>Week 1
<br>Sep 15: Introduction
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<br>Week 2
<br>Sep 22: Quantization of matter fields
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<br>Week 3
<br>Sep 29: Bose liquids
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<br>Week 4
<br>Oct 6: Bose liquids 2
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<br>Week 5
<br>Oct 13: Fermi liquids
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<br>Week 6 
<br>Oct 20: Fermi liquids 2
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<br>Week 7
<br>Oct 27: Quantum biology
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<br>Week 8
<br>Nov 3: Quantum biology 2
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<br>Week 9
<br>Nov 10: Quantum biology 3
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<br>Week 10
<br>Nov 17: Phase transitions and renormalization group
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<br>Week 11
<br>Nov 24: Order-disorder transitions
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<br>Week 12
<br>Dec 1: Order-disorder transitions 2
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<br>Week 13
<br>Dec 8: Order-disorder transitions 3
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<br>Week 14
<br>Dec 15: Renormalization group
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<br>Week 15
<br>Dec 22: Renormalization group 2
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<br>Week 16
<br>Dec 29: Renormalization group 3
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<br>Week 17
<br>Jan 5: Renormalization group 4
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<br>Week 18
<br>Jan 12: Final Week
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