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Course Info

  • Course Number / Code:
  • 8.334 (Spring 2008) 
  • Course Title:
  • Statistical Mechanics II: Statistical Physics of Fields 
  • Course Level:
  • Graduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Physics 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Prof. Mehran Kardar 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • 8.334 Statistical Mechanics II: Statistical Physics of Fields



    Spring 2008




    Course Highlights




    8.334 Statistical Mechanics II: Statistical Physics of Fields



    Spring 2008


    Displacements of a one-dimensional chain, and coarse-graining.
    Displacements of a one-dimensional chain, and coarse-graining. (Image by Prof. Mehran Kardar.)


    Course Description


    This is the second term in a two-semester course on statistical mechanics. Basic principles are examined in 8.334, 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.
     

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