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Lecture Notes on Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics (Physics 211)

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Quick Summary of Statistical Mechanics
Probability, energy and entropy
Entropy and information
Classical statistical mechanics
Meaning of equilibrium
Equipartition
Gibbs entropy / Partition Function / Free energy
Trading conserved quantities between reservoir and system // External forces
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Thermalization
Two standard examples for a system coupled to an external field
Spontaneous Reactions
Non-equilibrium fluctuation theorems
Chemical reactions
Statistical mechanics with interactions - Ising models
Finite dimensional Ising models
Variational Method
Interacting Gases
Monte Carlo, Markov Chains, and the Metropolis Algorithm
Debye-Hückel theory - charge screening
Brownian Motion as a Free Energy Minimizing Process
Coarse-graining and Ergodic Theory
When does quantum mechanics make a difference?
Gapless Quantum Matter: Phonons and the Debye Model, Goldstone’s Theorem
Formalism of quantum statistical mechanics
Hilbert space of Bosons and Fermions
Pressure of a dilute ideal quantum gase
Ideal quantum gases - Degenerate Fermi gas
Ideal quantum gases - Bose-Einstein Condensate
Landau theory

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See Arovas Chapter 7, and my online lectures. Typed up notes will follow soonish. For now, you can these handwritten lecture notes by Dr. Zalatel.

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Ideal quantum gases - Bose-Einstein Condensate

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