PHYS 559. Advanced Statistical Mechanics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Physics (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Scattering and structure factors. Review of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics; correlation functions (static); mean field theory; critical phenomena; broken symmetry; fluctuations, roughening.
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures
- Restriction: U3 Honours students, graduate students, or permission of the instructor