Statistical Physics: theory and computation

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This course is made of 2 subcourses of 3 credits each, which can be taken separately, or both as a whole for 6 credits.

Statistical Physics 3 ECTS

Goal: Introduce the basic statistical physics concepts to address the equilibrium and evolution properties of nano-scale systems.

Content:

  • Statistical entropy
  • Boltzmann factor, statistics in the canonical ensemble, mean values and fluctuations
  • classical and quantum oscillators, applications
  • chemical potential, grand canonical ensemble,applications: adsorption isotherms, quantum statistics
  • fluctuations dynamics, linear response
  • Monte-Carlo notions
Numerical Statistical Physics 3 ECTS
Goal: Introduce scientific computation and train students on the programming language Python. Perform simple statistical physics computations: Monte Carlo, percolation, brownian motion, etc... The most advanced students will also be introduced to the basics of artificial intelligence.
Published on April 13, 2023
Updated on April 15, 2023