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==Week 2 (11 September 2017): Statistical inference== ==Week 2 (11 September 2017): Statistical inference==
==Week 3 (18 September 2017): Statistical mechanics and Thermodynamics== ==Week 3 (18 September 2017): Statistical mechanics and Thermodynamics==
-==Week 12 (25 September 2017): Phases and phase transitions: Van der Waals theory==+==Week 4 (25 September 2017): Phases and phase transitions: Van der Waals theory==
-==Week 4 (02 October 2017): Hard spheres and the Ising model in one dimension (Transfer matrix 1/2)==+==Week 5 (02 October 2017): Hard spheres and the Ising model in one dimension (Transfer matrix 1/2)==
-==Week 5 (09 October 2017): Two-dimensional Ising model: From Ising to Onsager (Transfer matrix 2/2)==+==Week 6 (09 October 2017): Two-dimensional Ising model: From Ising to Onsager (Transfer matrix 2/2)==
-==Week 6 (16 October 2017): Two-dimensional Ising model: From Kramers & Wannier to Kac & Ward (Low- and high-temperature expansions)==+==Week 7 (16 October 2017): Two-dimensional Ising model: From Kramers & Wannier to Kac & Ward (Low- and high-temperature expansions)==
-==Week 9 (23 October 2017): The three pillars of mean-Field theory (Transitions and order parameters 1/2)==+==Week 8 (23 October 2017): The three pillars of mean-Field theory (Transitions and order parameters 1/2)==
-==Week 10 (06 November 2017): Landau theory (Transitions and order parameters 2/2)==+==Week 9 (06 November 2017): Landau theory (Transitions and order parameters 2/2)==
-==Week 7 (13 November 2017): Kosterlitz-Thouless physics in two dimensions: The XY model (Transitions without order parameter 1/2)==+==Week 10 (13 November 2017): Kosterlitz-Thouless physics in two dimensions: The XY model (Transitions without order parameter 1/2)==
-==Week 8 (20 November 2017): Kosterlitz-Thouless physics in two dimensions: KTHNY Melting theory (Transitions without order parameter 2/2)==+==Week 11 (20 November 2017): Kosterlitz-Thouless physics in two dimensions: KTHNY Melting theory (Transitions without order parameter 2/2)==
-==Week 11 (27 November 2017): The renormalization group - an introduction==+==Week 12 (27 November 2017): The renormalization group - an introduction==
==Week 13 (04 December 2017): Quantum statistics 1/2: Ideal Bosons== ==Week 13 (04 December 2017): Quantum statistics 1/2: Ideal Bosons==
==Week 14 (11 December 2017): Quantum statistics 2/2: 4He and the 3D Heisenberg model, Non-classical rotational inertia== ==Week 14 (11 December 2017): Quantum statistics 2/2: 4He and the 3D Heisenberg model, Non-classical rotational inertia==

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This is the homepage for the ICFP course: Statistical Physics: Concepts and Applications that is running from 4 September 2017 through 18 December 2017. Courses start at 8:30 in the morning, with one exception:

The 4 September Lecture and Tutorial will take place in the afternoon: (Lecture 1 only: 2:00 - 2:55 pm, 3:05- - 4:00 pm; tutorial 1 only: 4:15 - 5:10 pm, 5:20 - 6:10 pm)


Lectures: Werner KRAUTH

Tutorials (TD): Jacopo DE NARDIS, Olga PETROVA

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Contents

Week 1 (4 September 2017): Probability theory

Week 2 (11 September 2017): Statistical inference

Week 3 (18 September 2017): Statistical mechanics and Thermodynamics

Week 4 (25 September 2017): Phases and phase transitions: Van der Waals theory

Week 5 (02 October 2017): Hard spheres and the Ising model in one dimension (Transfer matrix 1/2)

Week 6 (09 October 2017): Two-dimensional Ising model: From Ising to Onsager (Transfer matrix 2/2)

Week 7 (16 October 2017): Two-dimensional Ising model: From Kramers & Wannier to Kac & Ward (Low- and high-temperature expansions)

Week 8 (23 October 2017): The three pillars of mean-Field theory (Transitions and order parameters 1/2)

Week 9 (06 November 2017): Landau theory (Transitions and order parameters 2/2)

Week 10 (13 November 2017): Kosterlitz-Thouless physics in two dimensions: The XY model (Transitions without order parameter 1/2)

Week 11 (20 November 2017): Kosterlitz-Thouless physics in two dimensions: KTHNY Melting theory (Transitions without order parameter 2/2)

Week 12 (27 November 2017): The renormalization group - an introduction

Week 13 (04 December 2017): Quantum statistics 1/2: Ideal Bosons

Week 14 (11 December 2017): Quantum statistics 2/2: 4He and the 3D Heisenberg model, Non-classical rotational inertia

Week 15 (18 December 2017): The Fluctuation-Dissipation theorem (an introduction)

References

Lecture notes are not yet available. A few essential references are given each week. ICFP students can access these references from within the Department (you may for example connect to Web of Science, and download them from there). You may also ask the library staff at 29 rue d'Ulm.

Books

  • L. Wasserman, "All of Statistics, A Concise Course in Statistical Inference" (Springer, 2005)
  • W. Krauth, "Statistical Mechanics: Algorithms and Computations" (Oxford, 2006)
  • M Plischke, B Bergersen, "Equilibrium Statistical Physics" (World Scientific)
  • L. D. Landau, E. M. Lifshitz, "Statistical Physics" (Pergamon)
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