週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
Week 1 |
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Introduction |
Week 2 |
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Video class |
Week 3 |
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Quantum Entanglement, Bell’s Inequality and Quantum Computation |
Week 4 |
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Density Functional Theory |
Week 5 |
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Spin-Statistics, Fermi Liquids, and Bose-Einstein Condensates |
Week 6 |
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Onsager Reciprocal Relations, Fluctuation Dissipation Theorem |
Week 7 |
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Non-equilibrium fluctuation relations (Jarzynski, Crooks, single-molecule experiments) |
Week 8 |
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Active Matter |
Week 9 |
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Critical Phenomena and RG / Coarse-Graining & Effective Hamiltonians |
Week 10 |
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Midterm Journal Article Presentations (One-page Term Paper abstract due) |
Week 11 |
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Rate Theory (Transition State Theory and Reactive Flux Theory) |
Week 12 |
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Rare Event Methods (Path Sampling and Path Ensembles) |
Week 13 |
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Classical Nucleation Theory |
Week 14 |
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Polymer Statistics, Elasticity and Thermodynamics |
Week 15 |
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Colloids and Entropic Phase Transitions |
Week 16 |
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Term Paper due / Term Presentations |