2017-Stat-Mech-II

[[image:statistical_mechanics_pathria.jpg width="222" height="300" align="right" caption="Pathia & Beale (third edition)"]] Statistical Mechanics II (Fall, 2017)
**Lecturer:** Prof. Hsiu-Hau LIN **Schedule:** 13:20 - 16:20 on Fridays **Textbook:** Statistical Mechanics by Pathria and Beale (third edition)

Course description
I plan to cover four major topics in the textbook:
 * Method of Quantized Fields
 * Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena
 * Renormalization Group
 * Quantum Biology

The course materials are fully contained in the LaTEX notes below and may not follow the textbook closely. Be sure to work out all homework problems at the end of each notes so that you get the hands on the technical details.

Syllabus
Sep 15: Introduction
 * Week 1 **

Sep 22: ****
 * Week 2 **

Sep 29: ****
 * Week 3 **

Oct 6: Bose liquids 2
 * Week 4 **

Oct 13: ****
 * Week 5 **

Oct 20: Fermi liquids 2
 * Week 6 **

Oct 27: Fermi liquids 3
 * Week 7 **

Nov 3: ** **
 * Week 8 **

Nov 10: no class make-up class for Quantum biology 2 Nov 11 (Sat) 09:00-12:00 at NCTS
 * Week 9 **

Nov 17: Quantum biology 3
 * Week 10 **

Nov 24: ** **
 * Week 11 **

Dec 1: no class make-on class for ** ** Dec 2 (Sat) 09:00-12:00 at NCTS
 * Week 12 **

Dec 8: Order-disorder transitions 2
 * Week 13 **

Dec 15: Order-disorder transitions 3
 * Week 14 **

Dec 22: ** **
 * Week 15 **

Dec 29: Renormalization group 2
 * Week 16 **

Jan 5: Renormalization group 3
 * Week 17 **

Jan 12: Final Week
 * Week 18 **