PHYS 334 - Statistical Physics - Fall 2013
Essentials
Instructor:
Giovanni Volpe -
giovanni.volpe@fen.bilkent.edu.tr
Assistant:
Mite Mijalkov -
mite.mijalkov@bilkent.edu.tr
Time:
Wednesday 8:30-10:30 &
Friday 10:30-12:30
Room:
EB-101
Exams and Grading
Midterm 1:
Wednesday 13 November, 2013 8:30-10:30, SA 240 (
20%)
Midterm 2:
Friday 6 December, 2013 10:30-12:30, SA 240 (
20%)
Final Exam:
Saturday 11 January, 2013, 9:00-10:30 (
20%)
Group presentation:
scheduled (
40%, 0-10% for each of the three group presentation, 1.67% for each attendance)
Final oral exam:
Thursday 9 and Friday 10 January, 2014, 9:00-13:00 (
grade multiplier x0.5-1.5)
You will not be admitted to the final exam and will receive an automatic
FZ grade if:
* the average of yours Midterm I and Midterm II grades is below 10/20
* you have collected less than 20/40 points on the presentations
* your attendance is below 80%
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 5-6 people by Friday 27 September, 2013 and communicate it to
Mite Mijalkov, 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
Wednesday 2 October, 2013.
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.