| Available versions | problems, solutions |
|---|---|
| Relevant courses | Physics 112: Introduction to Statistical and Thermal Physics |
| Keywords | landau, phase transition, ising model |
| Student levels | Advanced undergrads, Grads |
| Learning objectives |
analyse a simple model of free energy near a phase transition, compute various thermodynamic quantities and study their behaviour near phase transitions, use numerical techniques to solve equations that are extremely tedious analytically, observe (in a model) phenomena such as thermodynamic critical points and spontaneous symmetry breaking, appreciate the difficulty of doing numerics close to critical points, distinguish between first-order and second-order phase transitions |
| Course | Semester | Instructors | Problem sets released | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physics 112: Introduction to Statistical and Thermal Physics | Fall 2020 | Avirukt Mittal, Dung-Hai LEE, Katherine Zhou | 7 |
| 2 | Physics 112: Introduction to Statistical and Thermal Physics | Spring 2021 | Avirukt Mittal, Dung-Hai LEE | 9 |
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