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Vorlesungsverzeichnis >> Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät (Nat) >>

  Theory of Phase Transitions

Dozentinnen/Dozenten
Prof. Dr. Oleg Pankratov, Sam Shallcross, Ph.D.

Angaben
Vorlesung
2 SWS, ECTS-Studium, ECTS-Credits: 5, Vorlesung in englischer Sprache
Zeit und Ort: Fr 12:00 - 14:00, SR 02.729

Studienfächer / Studienrichtungen
WF Ph-MA 1 (ECTS-Credits: 5)

Inhalt
Phase transitions are ubiquitous in nature. The melting of solids and the boiling of liquids are the most well known examples, but a host of others exist both in the classical and quantum domains, e.g. magnetic and superconducting phase transitions, ordering in liquid crystals, and the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition. A modern classification of phase transitions recognizes two broad categories, discontinuous and continuous phase transitions. To the former belong transitions where the symmetry changes abruptly, for example the melting of a solid. Continuous phase transitions are remarkable in that they share many universal characteristics. Understanding this type of phase transition involves many of the most important concepts in modern physics: spontaneous symmetry breaking, the order parameter, and the renormalisation group.
The aim of this course is first to give an overview of phenomenological aspects, then to introduce the Landau theory of phase transitions and some of the key models (such as the Ising model), before moving on to the renormalisation group and continuous phase transitions.

ECTS-Informationen:
Credits: 5

Zusätzliche Informationen
Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 12

Zugeordnete Lehrveranstaltungen
UE: Übungen zu Theory of Phase Transitions
Dozentinnen/Dozenten: Prof. Dr. Oleg Pankratov, Sam Shallcross, Ph.D.
Zeit und Ort: Mo 10:00 - 11:30, SRTL (307)

Institution: Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Festkörperphysik (Prof. Dr. Pankratov)
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