Statistical Mechanics
Credits: 3
Type: Compulsory
Duration: C1
COURSE INDEX
Part I. Basic concepts of Statistical Mechanics.
Ensembles. Interacting systems. Ising model. Mean field approximation, application to inhomogeneous systems.
Part II.Landau theory.
Orden parameter. First- and second-order transitions and multicritical points. Complex order parameters. Ginzburg-Landau theory, applications to interfaces, defects, superconductivity.
Part III.Renormalization group.
Kadanoff construction. Fixed points. Examples. Momentum space formulation.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Statistical Mechanics, K. Huang, Wiley (1987).
- Statistical Mechanics, R.K. Pathria, Butterworth-Hinemann (1996).
- Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanic, D. Chandler, Oxford Univ. Press (1987).
- Principles of condensed matter physics, P.M. Chaikin and T.C. Lubensky, Cambridge Univ .Press (1995).