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This course is the second graduate level course in statistical mechanics at IISc. The goal of the course broadly is to learn how to treat interacting systems with the aim of understanding phase transitions, critical phenomena and the like. The course should be useful to students with research interests either in theory or experiment in all branches of physics. Familiarity with elementary statistical mechanics (at the level of PH202) will be assumed.

General Information

Meeting time and place

Monday and Thursday: 5:15-6:45PM
Auditorium, New Physical Sciences Building

Announcements

Reminder: Final Exam

12/01/14 2:10 PM

Dear All,

This is just to remind you about the Final Exam.

Date : 2nd December, 2014 (Tuesday)

Time : 10:30AM - 12:30PM

Venue : Auditorium, New Physical Sciences Building

Kindly be seated by 10:25AM.

All the Best.

regards,

Adhip

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exam2_2013.pdf has been added to class homepage under Resources

11/30/14 1:34 PM

Rriends,

Here is last year's final examination.

Thanks,

-S.

The teaching staff has posted a new general resource.

Title: exam2_2013.pdf

You can view it on the course page: https://piazza.com/iisc.ernet.in/summer2014/ph325/resources

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Meeting at 5:30, Thu, Nov 20

11/20/14 1:00 PM

Due to the talk by Prof. Venkatraman on this year's Nobel prize at 4:00PM, we will meet at 5:30 instead of 5:15 on Thursday, Nov 20, 2014.

Thanks.

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Fisher's RG Review has been added to class homepage under Resources

11/20/14 12:57 PM

The teaching staff has posted a new general resource.

Title: Fisher's RG Review
http://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.70.653

You can view it on the course page: https://piazza.com/iisc.ernet.in/summer2014/ph325/resources

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Meeting at 5:30PM today (Thu, Nov 13, 2014)

11/13/14 7:36 AM

We have the Quantum Condensed Matter Journal Club scheduled at 4:00PM today (Thu, Nov 13).

Due to this, it is best to start the meeting at 5:30pm.

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asm_chapter4.pdf has been added to class homepage under Resources

11/10/14 4:56 PM

The teaching staff has posted a new lecture notes resource.

Title: asm_chapter4.pdf
http://www.piazza.com/class_profile/get_resource/hyaap6swo4215a/i2bqufpyyil14r

Lecture date: Nov 5, 2014

You can view it on the course page: https://piazza.com/iisc.ernet.in/summer2014/ph325/resources

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Mid Semsester Examination -- Nov 2, 11:00AM

11/01/14 8:27 AM

Friends,

We will have our second mid-sem as stated above.

Exam is closed notes, books, mobile phone, tablets, laptops and any other information devices.

Please bring along a pen.

Thanks,

-S.

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set04.pdf has been added to class homepage under Resources

10/15/14 11:12 AM

The teaching staff has posted a new homework resource.

Title: set04.pdf
http://www.piazza.com/class_profile/get_resource/hyaap6swo4215a/i1a944shh5514g

Due date: Oct 30, 2014

You can view it on the course page: https://piazza.com/iisc.ernet.in/summer2014/ph325/resources

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