Physics 831 Home Page PHYSICS 831: GRADUATE LEVEL STATISTICAL MECHANICS Instructor: Scott Pratt National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, #2044 (517) 908-7460 Lecture: Mon./Wed./Fri. 9:10-10:00 AM #1420 BPS Office Hours: Mon./Wed.

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3-4 PM #2044 NSCL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dr. Pratt will be out of town Nov. TEXT BOOK: Lecture notes can function as text book, but good idea to buy one to have something more permanent and to get a different perspective. Some to consider: R.K. Pathria and Paul D. Beale, Statistical Mechanics (3rd ed.), Elsevier (2011).

ISBN: 9881 Kerson Huang, Statistical Mechanics (2nd ed.), John Wiley and Sons (1987), ISBN-13: 9181 LECTURE NOTES: are not meant to be a replacement for textbook. These are living documents and will change without notice. GRADING WEIGHTS: Homework (due nearly every Friday at the beginning of class): 10% Numerous (nearly every week) Friday quizzes: 50% Final Exam (subject exam): 40% CALENDAR: Quizzes will be held every Friday, except Nov. 10, unless otherwise announced.

The final/subject exam will be 3 hours: Monday, December 11, 7:45 AM - 11:00 AM, 1400 BPS The last 2 weeks of lecture will be devoted to preparing for the subject exam. HOMEWORK: WILL change as semester progresses - so be careful about working ahead. Set 1, due Fri. 8 Chapter 1 (1-5) Set 2, due Fri. 15 Chapter 1 (6-9) & Chapter 2 (1-4) Set 3, due Fri. 22 Chapter 2 (5-11) Set 4, due Fri. 29 Chapter 2 (12,14), Chapter 3 (1) Set 5, due Fri.

6 Chapter 3 (2,3), Chapter 4 (1,2) Set 6, due Fri. 13 Chapter 4 (3-7) Set 7, due Fri. 20 Chapter 4 (8-11), Set 8, due Fri. 27 Chapter 4 (12-16), Set 9, due Fri. 3 Chapter 5 (1-7) Set 9, due Fri. 17 Chapter 6 (1-4).

Statistical Mechanics Huang Solutions Manual 2 Edition

Set 10, due Mon. 27 Chapter 6 (5-7). Homework Grader: Dustin Frisbie, frisbie@nscl.msu.edu, hours TBD SUBJECT EXAM PRESENTATIONS: Each team will design and present one problem they think will make appropriate exam problem. Vauxhall vectra 2003 20 tdi workshop manual. Each team will email me two PDFs - one listing problem, the second the solution. The non-solutions PDFs need to be emailed to me by the date listed below for their problem.

I will pass out a copy of the problems, without solutions, to all the class. I will also need the solutions emailed to me by the end of the day your problem was presented.

Each group will present problem and solution. You need to keep this at about 12 minutes per problem. We will also expect an additional few minutes for questions.Ten point grade will be given for presentation of solutions. These grades, like the programming grade, all get added to your quiz grade. GROUP I (SUNDAY, Nov.

27) Ammerman, Zhu Chapter 1: 1.1-1.4 Anthony, Yu Chapter 1: 1.5-1.9 Ash, Young Chapter 1: 1.10-1.11 Hall, Hamaker Chapter 1: (conceptual) GROUP II (TUESAY, Nov. 29) Baez, Yandow Chapter 2: 2.1-2.2 Balcewicz, Wright Chapter 2: 2.3-2.4 Boles, Teh Chapter 2: 2.6-2.7 (conceptual) GROUP III (THURSDAY, Nov. 30) Branson, Surbrook Chapter 3: 3.1-3.2 Bromell, Shin Chapter 3: 3.5-3.6 Harris, Haugen Chapter 3: (conceptual) GROUP IV (SUNDAY, DEC. 3) Buxo Vazquez, Savunur Chapter 4: 4.1-4.3 Cooling, Sarkar Chapter 4: 4.4,4.6 Hemmerle, Kilgore Chapter 4: 4.1-4.6 (conceptual) GROUP V (TUESDAY, Dec 5) Douglas, Rhodes Chapter 4: 4.7-4.10 Fan, Reyes Rivera Chapter 4: 4.11-4.12 Gottschalk, Quinonez Chapter 5: 5.1 Grinder, Peisker Chapter 5: 5.2-5.3 GROUP VI (THURSDAY, Dec 7) Valverde, Hamerski Chapter 5: 5.4 (conceptual) Krowpman, Mishra Chapter 6: 6.1-6.4 Lake, Maldonado Chapter 6: 6.5-6.8 (conceptual) LaRose, Lun Chapter 6: 6.5-6.8 (conceptual) Final is Monday, Dec. 11th at 7:45 AM in 1400 BPS.

Final will cover everything except: 2.8 (Interative Techniques for Canonical Ensembles), 2.9 (complex chem. Potentials) 4.5 (relativistic hydrodynamics), Chapter 7, Chapter 8. LANGEVIN PROJECT: QUIZZES: QUIZZES FROM FALL 2016: (working program to download) QUIZZES FROM FALL 2013: QUIZZES FROM FALL 2009: QUIZZES FROM FALL 2008: QUIZZES FROM FALL 2007: QUIZZES FROM FALL 2006: OLD SUBJECT EXAMS: (Duxbury) PRACTICE FOR SUBJECT EXAM: STUDENT COMPOSED QUESTIONS (some are screwy).