PHYS 4488

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PHYS 4488
Statistical Mechanics

Course information provided by the 2021-2022 Catalog.

This course focuses on those topics in statistical mechanics of interest to scholars in many fields. Topics include random walks and emergent properties; temperature and equilibrium; phase space dynamics and ergodicity; entropy; free energies; quantum statistical mechanics; calculation and computation; order parameters, broken symmetries, and topology; correlations, response, and dissipation; abrupt phase transitions; and continuous phase transitions, fractals, and the renormalization group. Taught in conjunction with the graduate course PHYS 6562, this version is advised for undergraduates and interested graduates outside of Physics.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: some sophistication with calculus and introductory physics.

Distribution Category (PBS-AS, PHS-AS)

When Offered Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHYS 6562

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6727 PHYS 4488   LEC 001

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    • MWF Clark Hall 294D
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022

    • Sethna, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Students whose schedule of required classes prevents them from enrolling in open components of this class should join the waitlist at www.physics.cornell.edu/waitlist.