PHY663: Quantum Statistical Mechanics of Complex Systems 6 credits (40-20-0)

Objectives

To understand the quantum statistical mechanics of complex systems.

Contents

Cluster expansion for quantum systems, virial expansion of the equation of state, second virial coefficient at low temperature; Second viral coefficient at high temperatures, quantum field theory for interacting systems (Disorder systems) Imperfect Bose gas, Bose-Eistein phase-transition in an imperfect Bose system; Imperfect Fermi gas; All with specific emphasize in stochastic model systems (or disordered system).