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lecture 24
BEC in laser cooled atomic gases, classical spin models, constant magnetization vs constant magnetic field ensembles
HW 5 due
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lecture 25
broken symmetry and phase transitions in the thermodynamic limit, Ising phase diagram
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lecture 26
mean-field solution of the Ising model, critical exponents
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lecture canceled
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lecture 27
mean-field solution and critical exponents continued, Maxwell construction, Landau theory of phase transitions
make-up lecture 9:40 -10:55 am in BL 375
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lecture canceled
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lecture 28
Landau theory continued, critical exponents, specific heat, exact solution of one dimensional Ising model
HW 6 due
last day of classes
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28
lecture 29 supplemental
Fluctuations and diverging length scale at a 2nd order critical point, Landau-Ginzburg theory, correlation functions, upper and lower critical dimensions
reading period
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reading period
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reading period
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