PHYS 334 - Statistical Physics - Fall 2012
Essentials
Instructor:
Giovanni Volpe -
giovanni.volpe@fen.bilkent.edu.tr
Assistant:
Mite Mijalkov -
mite.mijalkov@bilkent.edu.tr
Time:
Wednesday 8:40-10:40 &
Friday 10:40-12:40
Room:
SA-Z19
Exams and Grading
Midterm 1:
Wednesday 31 October, 2012 8:40-10:40, SA 240 (
20%)
Midterm 2:
Wednesday 12 December, 2012 8:40-10:40, SA 240 (
20%)
Final Exam:
Wednesday 2 January, 2013 9:00-12:00, SA Z01 (
20%)
Group presentation:
scheduled (
40%, 0-10% for each of the three group presentation, 1% for each attendance)
Homeworks:
scheduled
Final oral exam:
Thursday January 10, 2013 13:00-19:00, SA 240 (
grade multiplier x0.5-1.5)
Textbook
James P. Sethna
Statistical Mechanics: Entropy, Order Parameters, and Complexity
Oxford University Press, New York, 2006
ISBN13: 9780198566779
ISBN10: 0198566778
On
Sethna's website you will find a lot of additional material and the pdf of the book.
Syllabus
The syllabus is still preliminary and will be updated during the course.
Additional material will be added during the course, e.g., slides.
Click here for syllabus.
Group Presentations
You should
form 6 groups of 3-4 people by Wednesday 26 Septemebr, 2012 and communicate it to
TBD, otherwise you will be assigned to a group randomly.
Each group will give 3 presentations (one for each group of presentations) and all people in the group will get the same mark.
The schedule of the presentations will be announced on the course website on
Friday 28 September, 2012.
Everyone should attend to all presentations.
Click here for the list of presentations.
Homeworks
The homeworks will be updated during the course.
Click here for the list of homeworks.