CODE 61867 ACADEMIC YEAR 2019/2020 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 2 FISICA 9012 (LM-17) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 1 FISICA 9012 (LM-17) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR FIS/02 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester PREREQUISITES Propedeuticità in ingresso Per sostenere l'esame di questo insegnamento è necessario aver sostenuto i seguenti esami: PHYSICS 9012 (coorte 2018/2019) THEORETICAL PHYSICS 61842 2018 MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN PHYSICS 61843 2018 MATTER PHYSICS 2 61844 2018 NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS 2 61847 2018 PHYSICS 9012 (coorte 2019/2020) THEORETICAL PHYSICS 61842 2019 MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN PHYSICS 61843 2019 MATTER PHYSICS 2 61844 2019 NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS 2 61847 2019 TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The main objective of the course is to to teach the fundamentals of statistical physics of out of equilibrium systems. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Verify and stimulate the basic knowledge on statistical physics. To take on recent arguments in the simplest possible context so to stimulate interest for the recent deveopments of statistical mechanics. PREREQUISITES Structure of matter 1 TEACHING METHODS Traditional SYLLABUS/CONTENT 1) The canonical and grancanonical ensemble 2) Phase transitions 3) Mean field theories 4) Scaling exponents 5) An introduction to the renormalization group 6) An example: spin diffusion 7) Formal properties of correlation functions 8) The normal fluid 9) The Brownian motion 10) Symmetry breaking RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Reference textbooks are: Forster-Hydrodynamics fluctuations, broken symmetry and correlation functions Chaikin, Lubensky - Principles of condensed matter physics TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD NICODEMO MAGNOLI Ricevimento: The teacher meets with students on tuesday and on wednesday from 14 to 16. Exam Board NICODEMO MAGNOLI (President) ANDREA AMORETTI PIERANTONIO ZANGHI' LESSONS Class schedule STATISTICAL PHYSICS EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION The oral exam is conducted by the main teacher and by another expert and it lasts from twenty to forty minutes. ASSESSMENT METHODS There are a fixed number of questions (the same for all students) that focus on the exam program so the commission can judge the preparation of the student and its autonomy.
