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PH 503: Statistical Physics. (45 hrs)

Classical and quantum Liouville's equations.
Survey of equilibrium statistical physics. Linear response theory.
Time-dependent correlation functions. Fluctuation-dissipation theorem.
Small fluctuations near equilibrium.
Boltzmann equation. Boltzmann H Theorem.
Onsager’s postulate, Kubo and Kramers-Kronig relations.
Link with hydrodynamics and transport phenomena.
Random processes.
Wiener-Khintchine theorem.
Markovian processes.
Detailed Balance.
Langevin and Fokker-Planck Equations.
Phase transitions.
Numerical simulations: Monte-carlo methods.

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  1.R. Ballian, Du Microscopique au Macroscopique, Cours de Physique Statistique de l’Ecole Polytechnique, Tomes 1 et 2, Ellipses (1982).
  2.B. Diu, L. Guthmann, D. Lederer et B. Roulet, Physique Statistique, Hermann (1989).

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