Content

• non-equilibrium thermodynamics (entropy production, Onsager relations)
• non-equilibrium statistical mechanics (Liouville equation, fluctuation-dissipation theorem)
• stochastic processes (Markov processes, Master equation, Langevin and Fokker-Planck equation)
• rare events, reacton-rate theory
• projection methods, non-Markovian effects, generalized Langevin equation
• kinetic theory
• phase transitions (Landau theory, Gaussian fluctuations, correlation functions, renormalization theory)
• theory of liquids
• hydrodynamic and elasticity theory.

Suggested for students who have attended a course in Statistical Physics and Thermondynamics.

Suggested reading

• Non-equilbrium statistical Mechanics, Robert Zwanzig
• Non-equilibrium thermodynamics, S. R. de Groot and P. Mazur
• The Fokker-Planck Equation, H. Risken
• Stochastic processes in physics and chemistry, N. G. van Kampen

 

Course language: English

Further information on Whiteboad

 

Lecture

Monday 10:00 – 12:00

16.10.2023 – 11.12.2023: Arnimallee 22, Lecture Hall B (B. 004, 100 Pl.)

18.12.2023 – 12.02.2024: Arnimallee 14, Lecture Hall A (1.3.14)

Wednesday 10:00 – 12:00

18.10.2023 – 25.10.2023: Arnimallee 14, Lecture Hall A (1.3.14)

01.11.2023 – 13.12.2023: Arnimallee 6, Room A6/SR 032

20.12.2023 – 14.02.2024: Arnimallee 14, Lecture Hall A (1.3.14)

Practice Seminar

Thursday 16:00 – 18:00

26.10.2023 – 15.02.2024: Arnimallee 14, Seminar room E3 (1.4.31)

Friday 10:00 – 12:00

27.10.2023 – 16.02.2024: Arnimallee 14, Seminar room E2 (1.1.53)

Friday 14:00 – 16:00

27.10.2023 – 16.02.2024: Arnimallee 14, Seminar room T2 (1.4.03)

Tutoring

tentative

Thursday

16:00 - 18:00 in room E3 (1.4.31)

Anton Klimek: contact

Friday

14:00 - 16:00 in room T2 (1.4.03)

Louis Lehmann: contact

N.N.

Laura Scalfi: contact