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Course unit, curriculum year 2021–2022
FYS.424
Statistical Physics 2, 5 cr
Tampere University
- Description
- Completion options
Teaching periods
Active in period 3 (1.1.2022–6.3.2022)
Active in period 4 (7.3.2022–15.5.2022)
Course code
FYS.424Language of instruction
EnglishAcademic years
2021–2022, 2022–2023, 2023–2024Level of study
Advanced studiesGrading scale
General scale, 0-5Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Lasse LaursonResponsible organisation
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences 100 %
Core content
- Random walks and diffusion
- Temperature, equilibrium and entropy
- Free energies, ensembles
- Order parameters, broken symmetry, topology
- Abrupt and continuous phase transitions
Complementary knowledge
- Universality and scale invariance
- Classical and quantum statistics
- Topological defects, domain walls
- Nucleation, critical phenomena, scaling
Specialist knowledge
- Information entropy
- Renormalization group
Learning outcomes
Recommended prerequisites
Further information
Learning material
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1
Participation in teaching
19.01.2022 – 29.04.2022
Active in period 3 (1.1.2022–6.3.2022)
Active in period 4 (7.3.2022–15.5.2022)