Upon completing the course, students will possess the following skills. They are able to
- apply their mathematical and physical knowledge for deriving key equations and quantities (k3);
- implement approximative methods to determine (quantum) statistical properties of complex systems (k2/k5);
- connect the theoretical formalisms with experimental data from literature (k3/k4) and examine their validity (k5).
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During the course, students will acquire knowledge in the following areas and concepts of statistical physics:
- density matrix, symmetry of many particle wave functions, ideal boson and fermion gases, black body radiation law, specific heat of solids;
- real gases, phase transitions, mean field theory, cumulant expansion, Ising model, simple solutions and mixtures;
- polymers and proteins, Flory-Huggins theory, helix-coil transitions, optical properties of protein-bound pigments.
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