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260008 VO Advanced Statistical Physics and Soft Matter Physics (2023W)
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Language: English
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- Tuesday 03.10. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Friday 06.10. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Tuesday 10.10. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Friday 13.10. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Tuesday 17.10. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Friday 20.10. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Tuesday 24.10. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Friday 27.10. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Tuesday 31.10. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Friday 03.11. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Tuesday 07.11. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Friday 10.11. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Tuesday 14.11. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Friday 17.11. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Tuesday 21.11. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Friday 24.11. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Tuesday 28.11. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Friday 01.12. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Tuesday 05.12. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Tuesday 12.12. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Friday 15.12. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Tuesday 09.01. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Friday 12.01. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Tuesday 16.01. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Friday 19.01. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
- Tuesday 23.01. 09:00 - 10:30 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
There will be a written final exam in which students will have to answer questions about the content of the course and solve some problems at the level of the problems treated in the exercise class.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
For a positive grade it is necessary to achieve 50% of the total possible points at the final exam.
Examination topics
All topics discussed in class and in the exercise sessions will be relevant for the exam. For mastering the subjects of this course, the individual work on the weekly problem sets is very important.
Reading list
The following books are useful:S.R. de Groot, P. Mazur, Non-equilibrium thermodynamics, Dover Publications, 1984
E.M.Lifshitz, L.P.Pitaevskii, Physical Kinetics, Butterworth-Heinennan, 1981
N.G. van Kampen, Stochastic processes in physics and chemistry, Elsevier, 2007
C. Gardiner, Stochastic methods, Springer, 2009
D. J. Evans, G. Morriss, Statistical Mechanics of Nonequilibrium Liquids, AIP Press, 1994
J. P. Boon, S. Yip, Molecular Hydrodynamics, McGraw-Hill, 1980.
R. Livi, P. Politi, Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics, A Modern Perspective, Cambridge University Press, 2017
R. Zwanzig, Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics, Oxford University Press, 2001
R. Kubo, M. Toda, N. Hashitsume, Statistical Physics II: Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics, Springer Verlag, 1991
L. Peliti and S. Pigolotti, Stochastic Thermodynamics, Princeton University Press, 2023
K. Huang, Statistical Mechanics, John Wiley, 1987
E.M.Lifshitz, L.P.Pitaevskii, Physical Kinetics, Butterworth-Heinennan, 1981
N.G. van Kampen, Stochastic processes in physics and chemistry, Elsevier, 2007
C. Gardiner, Stochastic methods, Springer, 2009
D. J. Evans, G. Morriss, Statistical Mechanics of Nonequilibrium Liquids, AIP Press, 1994
J. P. Boon, S. Yip, Molecular Hydrodynamics, McGraw-Hill, 1980.
R. Livi, P. Politi, Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics, A Modern Perspective, Cambridge University Press, 2017
R. Zwanzig, Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics, Oxford University Press, 2001
R. Kubo, M. Toda, N. Hashitsume, Statistical Physics II: Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics, Springer Verlag, 1991
L. Peliti and S. Pigolotti, Stochastic Thermodynamics, Princeton University Press, 2023
K. Huang, Statistical Mechanics, John Wiley, 1987
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M-CORE 6, M-VAF A 1, UF MA PHYS 01a, UF MA PHYS 01b
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- have an overview of the basic ideas and methods of non-equilibrium thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
- understand their range of applicability and know their limitations
- are able to apply the concepts and tools discussed in the course to solve concrete problems
- are prepared to read the current research literature in this fieldTentative table of contents:1. Equilibrium thermodynamics and statistical mechanics in a nutshell1.1. Thermodynamics (first and second law, equiibrium conditions)
1.2. Statistical mechanics (ensembles, fluctuations)2. Non-equilibrium thermodynamics2.1. Balance equations (entropy production)
2.2. Phenomenological equations and Onsager relations3. Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics3.1. Fluctuations and microscopic reversibility
3.2. Microscopic derivation of Onsager relations
3.3. Linear Response theory and transport phenomena (fluctuation-dissipation theorem)
3.4. Brownian motion and Langevin equations
3.5. Fokker-Planck equations
3.6. Master equations
3.7. Stochastic thermodynamics (Jarzynski and Crooks theorems)
3.8. Kinetic theory (Boltzmann equation)