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Fundamentals of Statistical Physics 1 Once over Lightly 2&3 Basics 4 & 13 &15 Quantum Mechanics and Lattices 5 Diffusion and Hops 6&8 Momentum hops 9 Bose and Fermi 10 Phase Transitions & mean elds 11 & 12 & 13 &14 &15 Phase Transitions: Beyond mean elds
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r = relative probability of event . e.g. for fair dice r = const fair dice --> all probabilities are equal --> average number on a throw = general rule: To calculate the average of any function f() that gives the probability that what will come out will be , you use the formula =1/6
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Do we understand what this formula means?? How would we describe a loaded die? An average from a loaded die? If I told you that =2 was twice as likely as all the other values, and these others were all equally likely, what would be the probability? What would we have for the average throw on the die?
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r = relative probability of event . e.g. for fair dice r = const fair dice --> all probabilities are equal --> average number on a throw = general rule: To calculate the average of any function f() that gives the probability that what will come out will be , you use the formula =1/6
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Renormalization Take advantage of scale invariance and universality to produce a theory of phase transitions.
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A start:
Ising system has as its basic variable a spin, z which takes on the values 1. We shall use the abbreviation, for this spin. The behavior of a physical system is described by its Hamiltonian. If we put this spin in a magnetic eld in the z-direction it has a Hamiltonian H= - Bz , Statistical Mechanics is dened by a probability. Here the probability is () =(1/z) exp[-H/(kBT)]=(1/z) exp[- H/(kBT)]= (1/z) exp[ Bz /(kBT)] We describe this by using the abbreviation, h, for the parameters in the probability () = (1/z) exp(h ) h= Bz /(kBT) normalization: total probability =1= (1) + (-1)= (1/z) exp(h)+ (1/z) exp(-h) therefore z= exp(h)+ exp(-h)=2 cosh h average X =<X> = () X
therefore < > = (1)1 + (-1)(-1)= 1/(2 cosh h) {exp (h)-exp(-h)} = (2 sinh h) /(2 cosh h)= tanh h
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All derivatives of the log of the partition function are thermodynamic functions of some kinds. As I shall say below, we expect simple behavior from the log of Z but not Z itself. The derivatives described above are respectively called the magnetization, M=<> and the magnetic susceptibility, , = dM/dH. The analogous rst derivative with respect to is minus the energy. The next derivative with respect to is proportional to the specic heat, or heat capacity, another traditional thermodynamic quantity. The derivative of partition function with respect to volume is the pressure.
note how the second derivative gives the mean squared uctuations homework: Read Chapters 1 and 2 in textbook. show that -d(ln Z) /d = =<> and d2(ln Z) /d2 =< (-<>)2> and If ln Z = const + N ln + N ln T, with being the volume, nd the average pressure and its uctuations.
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