# Statistical Mechanics of Phases and Phase Transitions

- Institution: IISc Bangalore
- Department: Physics
- Teacher: Prof. Vijay Balakrishna Shenoy
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115108928)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115108928)
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## Lectures

1. [Introduction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/6ead510a0896) (Video)
2. [Review of Prerequisites](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/8dd4781b0815) (Video)
3. [Models, Symmetries, and Scales 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/47993df0e5f8) (Video)
4. [Models, Symmetries, and Scales 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/c7b413bd9545) (Video)
5. [Characterization of Phases](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/68232eb50db8) (Video)
6. [Fields and Grounds States](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/8799b96da512) (Video)
7. [Interacting Particles Model](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/08a103027516) (Video)
8. [Liquid-Gas Phase Diagram](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/48a050356c6f) (Video)
9. [Monte Carlo Method](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/d79ae67febc7) (Video)
10. [Ising Model Monte Carlo](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/6ed04b8db19b) (Video)
11. [Analytical Solution to Ising Model](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/91f7de9db183) (Video)
12. [Transfer Matrix Approach](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/4e22786d6987) (Video)
13. [Domain Wall Excitations in 2D](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/20247eea6156) (Video)
14. [2D Ising Dual](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/221b71ffd69b) (Video)
15. [Series Expansion I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/d88ab4d0b76e) (Video)
16. [Series Expansion II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/3d1caf2a6aae) (Video)
17. [Quantum Models](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/4d4fb0d978eb) (Video)
18. [Transverse Field Ising Model](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/f4183c7885ac) (Video)
19. [TFIM Ground State](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/8e0ca162e8da) (Video)
20. [Perturbation Theory of TFIM](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/8e3bb61a18f3) (Video)
21. [Approximate Methods](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/fb2d76f2994b) (Video)
22. [Variational Principle in Action](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/25902b09b2b1) (Video)
23. [Mean Field Theory](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/929804d76a8c) (Video)
24. [Mean Field Theory in Action](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/fb56270160fc) (Video)
25. [Bose Condensation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/3bca139b179d) (Video)
26. [⁴He and ³He Mixture - Blume-Emery-Griffiths Model](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/8c39a872aebc) (Video)
27. [Landau's Phenomenological Approach to Ising Model](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/b4b9fc847db8) (Video)
28. [Landau's Phenomenological Approach for Ising Tricriticality](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/62a23c0205c7) (Video)
29. [Landau Theory for Continuous Symmetry](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/f803a99d36af) (Video)
30. [Landau-Ginzburg (LG) Theory](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/aed2be5b486a) (Video)
31. [Functional Integral and Free Energy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/8fc0e6d28e83) (Video)
32. [Saddle Point Gaussian Approximation (SPGA)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/065ccd4d99f6) (Video)
33. [LG-SPGA and Excitations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/1bd435098348) (Video)
34. [LG-SPGA and Correlations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/0e987f3e4cc4) (Video)
35. [Scaling Hypothesis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/db8c3d6fa70e) (Video)
36. [Renormalization Group (RG)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/94b51b0d3651) (Video)
37. [Real Space RG - 1D Ising Model](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/e9900582cbb1) (Video)
38. [Real Space RG - 2D Ising Model](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/f738ea84a2b1) (Video)
39. [Wilsonian RG - Gaussian Theory](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/f44be7d4b526) (Video)
40. [Wilsonian RG - O(n) LG Theory](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/6b0e5a17b001) (Video)
41. [Beyond Gaussian - O(n) LG Theory](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/d78666905044) (Video)
42. [Wilsonian RG - O(n) Non-Linear Sigma Model](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/ceef8d21f1eb) (Video)
43. [2D XY Model - Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/4ba2bc730b3c) (Video)
44. [Special Topics-1: Quantum Memories](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/577ab1830499) (Video)
45. [Special Topics-2: Associative Memories - Hopfield Model](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/115108928/d83dc79ba55c) (Video)