This course is the second in a series of two courses on Statistical Physics, which is
required for all Graduate Students in Physics.

Prerequisites:  Physics 846.
Specifically, this course will assume that students are familiar with thermodynamics and with
Statistical Mechanics concepts such as the microcanonical, canonical, and grand canonical
ensembles; entropy, Helmholtz and Gibbs free energies, chemical potential; classical ideal gas,
Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein distributions.                   

Text Book: Equilibrium Statistical Physics by M. Plischke and B. Bergersen,
                  2nd Edition, (World Scientific, 1994). 

Syllabus:
                    Bose-Einstein Condensation
                    Phase Transitions: first-order and continuous
                    Mean Field Theory
                    Critical Phenomena
                    Monte Carlo Simulation
                    Linear Response Theory

Course Grades:
                    Home Work:          30%
                    Mid-Term Exam:    30%
                    Final Exam:            40%

Exam Dates:
                    Mid Term: Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006 in class.
                    Final Exam: Thursday, March 9, 2006 in class [Please note!]

Grader:  Ronghua Yu [yurh@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu]

Office Hours:  Mondays, 3:00 - 4:00 PM, 2024 PRB

If you have any questions, please contact me:

Office: Physics Research Building, Room 2024
Phone: 292 2457
Email: randeria@mps.ohio-state.edu

Course Information: CourseInfo.pdf  Syllabus, Text, Exam Schedule, etc.

Home Work:
Problem Set #1: hw1.pdf  (due: 1/19/06)
Problem Set #2: hw2.pdf (due: 1/31/06)
Problem Set #3: hw3_new.pdf (due: 2/22/06) [errors corrected!]
Problem Set #4: hw4.pdf (due: Thursday, 3/2/06) [please note change]

Review Class on Monday, March 6, 3:30 - 4:30 PM, Room 4138 PRB