Upon completing the course, students will possess the following skills. They are able to
- explain and summarize key models of statistical physics (k1/k2);
- derive approximate solutions to the statistical properties of complex systems (k4);
- critically discuss the range of validity of different approximations used in statistical physics (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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