Advanced Statistical Mechanics

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Lectures

  • Lecture 1. [Equilibrium Timescales]
  • Lecture 2. [Irreversability and fluctuations]
  • Lecture 3. [Coarse-graining]
  • Lecture 4. [Random Walk]

Numerical Problems

Remarks

  1. Watch Balki's detailed Lectures on Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics.

Topics

  • Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics:
    1. Equilibrium time scales, irreversibility and role of fluctuation; coarse grained description.
    2. Random walk : calculation of occupation probability.

Study Materials

  1. Statistical Physics (Berkeley Physics Course) - Reif.
  2. A Modern Course in Statistical Physics - Reichl.
  3. Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics - G.F. Mazenko.
  4. Elements of Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics - V. Balakrishnan.
  5. A Kinetic View of Statistical Physics - Krapivsky Redner Naim.
  6. Statistical Mechanics - Huang.
  7. Principles of Condensed Matter Physics - P.M. Chaikin & T.C. Lubensky.