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Basic information on the course to be given in May-June 2016 available in
Korppi.
- The lecture notes and other course material are available in Koppa.
- The contents and schedule of the course can be found here.
- The full literature list for the course is here.
- Note: The information below this point is related to the course given in 2011.
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Lectures: 36 hours, 9 weeks, in May-June 2011, by J.M.
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Completion mode:
Exercises (40%) and Exam (60%). The basic version of the course gives 9 cr,
the optional 3 credits are available from challenging theoretical excercises,
which are done during the course.
Depending on the number of credits (9-12) the workload is 240-360 hours,
which means 25-35 hours/week.
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The extended course is at the PhD study level
in University of Jyvaskyla (see the PhD degree requirements in the Study Guide).
The course is available for students in Tampere University of Technology
via the University Alliance.
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Contents: Statistical physics, nonequilibrium thermodynamics, correlation
and response functions, phase transitions, transport phenomena and
hydrodynamics.
- Contact persons: Juha Merikoski (Jyvaskyla) and Jaakko Akola (Tampere).
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Textbook Le Bellac et al:
Ref.[A] provides the skeleton of the course
and some extensions are found in
Ref.[B] on hydrodynamic modes and field-theoretic description
Ref.[C] on theory of fluids and stochastic description
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Literature:
[A] M. Le Bellac, F. Mortessagne, G. Batrouni
Equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical thermodynamics
[B] P. M. Chaikin, T. C. Lubensky (recommended by
1+2)
Principles of Condensed Matter Physics
[C] L. E. Reichl
Modern Course in Statistical Physics (2nd ed)
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