Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 8.334 (Spring 2008) 
• Course Title:
• Statistical Mechanics II: Statistical Physics of Fields 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Physics 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Mehran Kardar 
• Course Introduction:
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  8.334 Statistical Mechanics II: Statistical Physics of Fields
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2008

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  
  
  8.334 Statistical Mechanics II: Statistical Physics of Fields
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2008

  
  
  

  

  Displacements of a one-dimensional chain, and coarse-graining. (Image by Prof. Mehran Kardar.)

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This is the second term in a two-semester course on statistical mechanics. Basic principles are examined in 8.334, such as the laws of thermodynamics and the concepts of temperature, work, heat, and entropy. Topics from modern statistical mechanics are also explored including the hydrodynamic limit and classical field theories.