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STATISTICAL PHYSICS

ACCADEMIC YEAR2015/2016

COD. 16658

dati insegnamento:

DEGREE: PHYSICS

TYPE OF COURSE: COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: Italian

LECTURERS:

SANTINI Paolo

ACADEMIC YEAR: 2015/2016

YEAR OF STUDY: 1

SEMESTER: First semester

NUMBER OF CREDITS: 9

CONTACT HOURS: 78

INDIVIDUAL WORK HOURS: 279

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Understanding the bases of quantum statistical mechanics and learning some important applications.
Learning to use the second quantization formalism for many body systems.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of quantum mechanics and classical statistical mechanics

Course contents summary

Main results in classical statistical mechanics.

Mixed states in quantum statistical mechanics, density operator, statistical entropy.
Fundamental principle of statistical mechanics, quantum ensembles (microcanonical, canonical, T-P, gran-canonical). Paramagnets, molecular vibro-rotations, specific heat of solids.

Identical particles, Fock spoace, second quantization, photons, ideal quantum gases, Hubbard model, spin-waves.

Fluctuations. Phase transitions. Mean-field approximation. MonteCarlo method.

Computer simulations (Matlab): Heisenberg model in canonical ensemble. MonteCarlo method for the 2d Ising model. Exact-diagonalization study of the Hubbard model.

Course contents

Main results in classical statistical mechanics.

Identical particles, Fock spoace, second quantization, photons, ideal quantum gases, Hubbard model, spin-waves.

Fluctuations. Phase transitions. Mean-field approximation. MonteCarlo method.

Computer simulations (Matlab): Heisenberg model in canonical ensemble. MonteCarlo method for the 2d Ising model. Exact-diagonalization study of the Hubbard model.

Teaching methods

Lectures and computer simulations.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination. The student can also expose a topic of his choice. This can be a topic treated in the course or in a closely related field.

Other informations

OTHER COURSES

YEAR: 1

CARBON-BASED NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICAL COMPLEX SYSTEMS
COMPUTATIONAL BIOPHYSICS LABORATORY
CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
CONVERSION AND GENERATION FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES
ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES
GRAVITATIONAL PHYSICS
LABORATORY FOR COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS
Laboratory for Molecular Nanotechnologies
Laboratory for Vibrational Spectroscopies
Laboratory of Time Resolved Spectroscopies
LABORTORY FOR DIFFRACTION, MAGNETOMETRY AND MAGNETIC RESONANCES
MAGNETISM AND QUANTUM COMPUTATION
MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY I
QUANTUM MECHANICS
SOFT MATTER PHYSICS
SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY
STATISTICAL PHYSICS
SUBNUCLEAR PHYSICS

YEAR: 2

ADVANCED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY FOR LIFE AND MATERIAL SCIENCE
APPLIED ACOUSTICS
BIOCHEMISTRY
COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
ENGLISH LANGUAGE QUALIFYING EXAM B2
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ENERGY SYSTEMS
Food Chemistry
GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY
INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS
INTERNSHIP AT EXTERNAL STRUCTURE
OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
PHOTOBIOPHYSIC AND PHOTOBIOLOGY
PHYSICAL TECHNIQUES FOR MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION
PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY OF MATERIALS
PHYSICS OF FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY II
STATISTICAL PHYSICS II

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