Statistical Mechanics Ii

This course is an introduction to the physics of phase transitions. It will provide a framework to model systems with large degree of freedoms. You will use knowledge from previous courses in non-interacting systems to develop the theoretical framework of interacting systems. Through the course, you will build foundational knowledge in key topics in statistical mechanics such as mean field theory, transfer matrix, Monte Carlo simulations, renormalization group, which are critical in the study of phase transitions.