Aims of Statistical Mechanics Fundamental Laws Real World

Aims of Statistical Mechanics Fundamental Laws Real World Microscopic Macroscopic Theory Experiment Atoms Thermodynamics / Life

Why Statistics? • Microstate: Do. F ~ 1023 • Macrostate: Do. F ~ 100 • Lost of Information Statistics New Regularities

History • • Thermodynamics Kinetic Theory Ensemble Theory Quantum Statistics

First Goals • Re-derive thermodynamics. • Understand systems of non-interacting particles. • Incorporate quantum features.

Early Successes • Linear response theory Fluctuation – dissipation theorem • Quantum transport Finite temperature quantum field theory Quantum Boltzmann equation • Critical phenomena Renormalization group

Recent Interests • Nonequilibrium Systems – Dynamical Phase Transitions – Quantum Transport • Micro Reversibility Macro Irreversibility – Arrow of Time / Chaos • Self Organization – Complexity / Life

Statistical Physics: An Introductory Course D. J. Amit & Y. Verbin The Open University of Israel World Scientific (1999)

Approach Simple systems Profound ideas Exercises with Solutions

Content 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The Kinetic Theory of Gases Statistical Physics with Paramagnets Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics From Ideal Gas to Photon Gas Of Fermions and Bosons

References • L. D. Landau, E. M. Lifshitz, “Statistical Physics”, Part 1, 3 rd ed. , Vol 5 of “Course of Theoretical Physics”, Pergamon (1975) • R. P. Feynman, “Statistical Mechanics”, Benjamin (1972) • F. Reif, “Fundamentals of Statistical & Thermal Physics”, Mac. Graw Hill (1965) • L. E. Reichl, “A Modern Course in Statistical Physics”, 2 nd ed. , Wiley (1998)

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