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Statistical Mechanics II: Statistical Physics of Fields

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Instructor: Prof. Mehran Kardar
Term: Spring 2014
Level: Graduate
What's inside: 26 videos · 6 problem sets · 3 solutions · 1 lecture note · 55 other files · 6 web pages
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This course’s cited books, in our reading lists: Statistical Mechanics · Statistical Mechanics · Statistical Mechanics: A Set of Lectures

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Statistical Mechanics II: Statistical Physics of Fields

Before you start

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Materials by section

Lecture Notes

Assignments

Exams

Other materials from this course

Lecture 1: Collective Behavior, from Particles to Fields Part 1

Lecture 2: Lec 1 (continued); The Landau-Ginzburg Approach Part 1

Lecture 3: The Landau-Ginzburg Approach Part 2

Lecture 4: The Landau-Ginzburg Approach Part 3

Lecture 5: The Landau-Ginzburg Approach Part 4

Lecture 6: The Scaling Hypothesis Part 1

Lecture 7: The Scaling Hypothesis Part 2

Lecture 8: The Scaling Hypothesis Part 3

Lecture 9: Perturbative Renormalization Group Part 1

Lecture 10: Perturbative Renormalization Group Part 2

Lecture 11: Perturbative Renormalization Group Part 3

Lecture 12: Perturbative Renormalization Group Part 4

Lecture 13: Position Space Renormalization Group, Part 1

Lecture 14: Position Space Renormalization Group, Part 2

Lecture 15: Series Expansions Part 1

Lecture 16: Series Expansions Part 2

Lecture 17: Series Expansions Part 3

Lecture 18: Series Expansions Part 4

Lecture 19: Series Expansions Part 5

Lecture 20: Continuous Spins at Low Temperatures Part 1

Lecture 21: Continuous Spins at Low Temperatures Part 2

Lecture 22: Continuous Spins at Low Temperatures Part 3

Lecture 23: Continuous Spins at Low Temperatures Part 4

Lecture 24: Dissipative Dynamics

Lecture 25: Continuous Spins at Low Temperatures Part 5

Lecture 26: Continuous Spins at Low Temperatures Part 6