Outline For Fundamentals of Statistical Physics

Outline for Fundamentals of Statistical Physics
Leo P. Kadanoff text: Statistical Physics,

Statics, Dynamics, Renormalization Leo Kadanoff
I also referred often to Wikipedia and found it accurate and helpful.

Perimeter Institute Lecture Notes on Statistical Physics part 0: Outline Version 1.6 9/12/09 Leo Kadanoff
Saturday, September 12, 2009
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Course Outline
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Fundamentals of Statistical Physics 1 Once over Lightly 2&3 Basics 4 & 13 &15 Quantum Mechanics and Lattices 5 Diffusion and Hops 6&8 Momentum hops 9 Bose and Fermi 10 Phase Transitions & mean elds 11 & 12 & 13 &14 &15 Phase Transitions: Beyond mean elds
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Part 1: Once over lightly

Concepts which specically belong to statistical physics Interesting Physical Science Advances have a Major Statistical Component Probabilities: One die Quantum Stat Mech Classical Stat Mech Thermodynamics Random Walk Brownian Dynamics From Quantum to Classical: The Ising model Averages from Derivatives Degenerate Distributions Thermodynamic Phases Phase Transitions Big Words
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Part 2: Statistics
Probabilities Simple probabilities averages Composite probabilities Independent events simple and complex Many dice Probability distributions Statistical Mechanics Hamiltonian description Statistical Independence one and many Structural Invariance Intensive and Extensive Gaussian Statistical Variables Integrals and Probabilities Statistical Distributions Averages Approximate Gaussian integrals Calculation of Averages and Fluctuations The Result Going Slowly sums and averages in classical mechanics more sums and averages homework 4
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Part 3: On a Lattice:From Quantum to Ising to RG

From Classical Stat Mech to Quantum All of quantum mechanics one dimensional lattice from classical to quantum Summary from quantum to classical the path integral for particles The Linear Chain Ising model Transfer Matrix Dual Couplings Solution of One-Dimensional Ising Model On Quantum Chains Ground state averages Statistical Correlations Average magnetizations Correlations Correlation Length Bloch Wall Renormalization for 1D Ising Block Transform New Coupling 2D Ising High Temperature Expansion Low Temperature Expansion Duality Specic Heat Block Transform Physical quantities Flows Homework
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Part 4: Hopping
From Discrete to Continuous Hopping on a Lattice Notation: Even and Odd From one step to many An example Continuous Langevin equation An integration Gaussian Properties Generating Function A probability Discrete A probability calculation we get an answer! fourier transform formulation binomial theorem Higher Dimension pictures continued probability density One dimension Current Diffusion equation Higher Dimension You cannot go back
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Part 5: Time Dependence

Brownian Motion
Dene Situation Calculate momentum Calculate Variance Calculate Probability Distribution Probability Distribution in Classical Mechanics Statistical and Hamiltonian Dynamics Probability Distributions in Dynamical Systems time dependence of dynamical systems calculation set up calculation continued calculation concluded Poisson bracket generalizing stat mech time dependence in Hamiltonian systems one-particle distribution Classical Mechanics Brownian motion again: toward a unique solution friction collisions calculation set up calculation continued calculation concluded a unique probability distribution Summary Homework
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Part 5: Time Dependence, continued

Boltzmann Equation Scattering forward backward all together Symmetries detailed balance-local equilibrium conservation of particle number H-theorem sign of dissipation term dS/dt Homework
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Part 6: Bosons and Fermions

Second Quantization Second Quantization vs Classical Quantum Description One Mode Independent Excitations Extreme limit for fermions Extreme limit for bosons Waves Waves= Special Bosons photons in cavity Conserved particles conserved fermions in a box conserved bosons in a box bose transition Dynamics fermions Boltzmann equation for fermions bosons References
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Part 7: More is the Same

Issues Abstract phases of matter phase diagram water basic physics in phase transitions Gibbs denition; Ehrenfest classication Magnetic Phase Diagram a qualitative change in Behavior from Gibbs to singularities Mean Field Theory more is the same for Ising model Mean Field Theory is Only Partially Right Calculate results simplied phase diagram Graph of Order Parameter behavior in neighborhood of critical point go after magnetization go after energy go after correlations critical opalescence basic equation correlation function susceptability
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Part 7: More is the Same, continued

Mean eld theory of uids from van der Waals to Weiss van der Waals rst effect van der Waals second effect Many Different Phase Transitions After van der Waals Landau Mean Field Theory order parameter generalized generalized mean eld scheme recent example why minimize very M to vary F h=0, no space variation jump like square root of Tc-T Summary order parameter and free energy were basic Look ahead: a worry
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Part 8: Beyond Mean Field Theory: Less is the Same too

Periodization Worries about Mean Field Theory uid experiment 1 uid experiment 2 earlier hints theoretical work universality turbulence more rumbles Next Steps toward the revolution additional phenomenology Block Spin less is the same renormalization for Ising model other renormalizations elds relevant, irrelevant, ... a worthwhile phenomenology The Wilson Revolution particle RG before Wilson the renormalization revolution crucial ideas for the revolution outcome of revolution conceptual advances
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Part 8: Beyond Mean ... continued

After the Revolution 2d XY model RG point of view is absorbed into particle physics Coulomb gas Feigenbaum and routes to chaos operator product expansion eld theory summary Conformal Field Theory Polyakov,Virasoro algebra Friedan, Qiu, Shenker correlation functions many exact calculations quantum gravity SLE Schramm critical shapes ensemble of critical shapes ensemble of critical shapes Summary References
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Leo P. Kadanoff text: Statistical Physics,

I also referred often to Wikipedia and found it accurate and helpful.

Part 1: Once over lightly

Part 3: On a Lattice:From Quantum to Ising to RG

Part 5: Time Dependence

Part 5: Time Dependence, continued

Part 6: Bosons and Fermions

Part 7: More is the Same

Part 7: More is the Same, continued

Part 8: Beyond Mean Field Theory: Less is the Same too

Part 8: Beyond Mean ... continued

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