週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
Week 1 |
2/22 |
Introduction |
Week 2 |
3/1 |
Quantum Entanglement, Bell’s Inequality and Quantum Computation |
Week 3 |
3/8 |
Density Functional Theory |
Week 4 |
3/15 |
Spin-Statistics, Fermi Liquids, and Bose-Einstein Condensates |
Week 5 |
3/22 |
Onsager Reciprocal Relations, Fluctuation Dissipation Theorem |
Week 6 |
3/29 |
Non-equilibrium fluctuation relations (Jarzynski, Crooks, single-molecule experiments) |
Week 7 |
4/5 |
National Holiday |
Week 8 |
4/12 |
Active Matter |
Week 9 |
4/19 |
Critical Phenomena and RG / Coarse-Graining & Effective Hamiltonians |
Week 10 |
4/26 |
Midterm Journal Article Presentations
(One-page Term Paper abstract due) |
Week 11 |
5/3 |
Rate Theory (Transition State Theory and Reactive Flux Theory) |
Week 12 |
5/10 |
Rare Event Methods (Path Sampling and Path Ensembles) |
Week 13 |
5/17 |
Classical Nucleation Theory |
Week 14 |
5/24 |
Polymer Statistics, Elasticity and Thermodynamics |
Week 15 |
5/31 |
Colloids and Entropic Phase Transitions
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Week 16 |
6/7 |
Final Exam Week: Term Paper due |