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Course unit, curriculum year 2024–2025
FYS.424
Statistical Physics 2, 5 cr
Tampere University
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Course code
FYS.424Language of instruction
EnglishAcademic years
2024–2025, 2025–2026, 2026–2027Level of study
Advanced studiesGrading scale
General scale, 0-5Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Lasse LaursonResponsible organisation
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences 100 %
Coordinating organisation
Physics Studies 100 %
Core content
- Random walks and diffusion
- Temperature, equilibrium and entropy
- Free energies, ensembles
- Order parameters, broken symmetry, topology
- Abrupt and continuous phase transitions
Complementary knowledge
- Universality and scale invariance
- Classical and quantum statistics
- Topological defects, domain walls
- Nucleation, critical phenomena, scaling
- Information entropy
- Renormalization group
Learning outcomes
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Recommended prerequisites
Further information
Learning material
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1
The total work load (including optional parts) is estimated to be 135 hours. This consists of familiarization with course material (2h/week), lectures (optional, 2h/week), exercise sessions (optional, 2h/week), solving exercise problems (3h/week), project work (2h/week), and seminar presentation at the end of the course.
Participation in teaching
No scheduled teaching