STATISTICAL MECHANICS
2nd module
Prof. Lev Pitaevskii
A.A. 1998/99
PROGRAMME
QUANTUM STATISTICAL MECHANICS
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Dynamic response function and fluctuation-dissipation theorem
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Ideal Fermi and Bose gases
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Interacting Bose systems: thermodynamic properties and superfluidity
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Phase transitions in statistical mechanics
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Order parameter and topological defects
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Phase transitions in two-dimensional systems
REFERENCE TEXTS
K. Huang, Statistical Mechanics
L.D. Landau, E.M. Lifshitz, Statistical Physics, Part 1
E.M. Lifschitz, L.P. Pitaevskii, Statistical Physics, Part 2