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Statistical Mechanics II: Statistical Physics of Fields

Prof. Mehran Kardar · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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About

This is the second term in a two-semester course on statistical mechanics. Basic principles are examined in this class, such as the laws of thermodynamics and the concepts of temperature, work, heat, and entropy. Topics from modern statistical mechanics are also explored, including the hydrodynamic limit and classical field theories.

Lectures

Video Lectures

  1. Lecture 1: Collective Behavior, from Particles to Fields Part 1 1 h 17 min · Video
  2. Lecture 2: Lec 1 (continued); The Landau-Ginzburg Approach Part 1 1 h 25 min · Video
  3. Lecture 3: The Landau-Ginzburg Approach Part 2 1 h 26 min · Video
  4. Lecture 4: The Landau-Ginzburg Approach Part 3 1 h 19 min · Video
  5. Lecture 5: The Landau-Ginzburg Approach Part 4 1 h 19 min · Video
  6. Lecture 6: The Scaling Hypothesis Part 1 1 h 22 min · Video
  7. Lecture 7: The Scaling Hypothesis Part 2 1 h 17 min · Video
  8. Lecture 8: The Scaling Hypothesis Part 3 1 h 22 min · Video
  9. Lecture 9: Perturbative Renormalization Group Part 1 1 h 22 min · Video
  10. Lecture 10: Perturbative Renormalization Group Part 2 1 h 23 min · Video
  11. Lecture 11: Perturbative Renormalization Group Part 3 1 h 28 min · Video
  12. Lecture 12: Perturbative Renormalization Group Part 4 1 h 24 min · Video
  13. Lecture 13: Position Space Renormalization Group, Part 1 1 h 23 min · Video
  14. Lecture 14: Position Space Renormalization Group, Part 2 1 h 20 min · Video
  15. Lecture 15: Series Expansions Part 1 1 h 19 min · Video
  16. Lecture 16: Series Expansions Part 2 1 h 22 min · Video
  17. Lecture 17: Series Expansions Part 3 1 h 20 min · Video
  18. Lecture 18: Series Expansions Part 4 1 h 20 min · Video
  19. Lecture 19: Series Expansions Part 5 1 h 20 min · Video
  20. Lecture 20: Continuous Spins at Low Temperatures Part 1 1 h 23 min · Video
  21. Lecture 21: Continuous Spins at Low Temperatures Part 2 1 h 22 min · Video
  22. Lecture 22: Continuous Spins at Low Temperatures Part 3 1 h 23 min · Video
  23. Lecture 23: Continuous Spins at Low Temperatures Part 4 1 h 21 min · Video
  24. Lecture 24: Dissipative Dynamics 1 h 26 min · Video
  25. Lecture 25: Continuous Spins at Low Temperatures Part 5 1 h 22 min · Video
  26. Lecture 26: Continuous Spins at Low Temperatures Part 6 1 h 24 min · Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Physics
Teacher
Prof. Mehran Kardar
Term
Spring 2014
Level
Graduate
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics, Physics
Source
MIT OpenCourseWare
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as MIT OpenCourseWare states it. Non-commercial use only. MIT OpenCourseWare's terms
Attribution
Prof. Mehran Kardar. Statistical Mechanics II: Statistical Physics of Fields. Spring 2014. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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