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SUPPLEMENT TO QUANTUM PHYSICS
cod. 17973

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisica teorica, modelli e metodi matematici (FIS/02)
Field
Discipline fisiche e chimiche
Type of training activity
Basic
32 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
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Learning objectives

Knowledge of quantum statistical physics and its applications to the physics of condensed states.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of quantum mechanics and its application to atoms and molecules.

Course unit content

<br />FUNDAMENTALS OF CLASSICAL STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND APPLICATIONS TO THE PHYSICS OF MATTER, QUANTUM SYSTEMS WITH SEVERAL MATRIX PARTICLES, DENSITY IN QUANTUM STATISTICS, BOSE- EINSTEIN DISTRIBUTION, FERMI-DIRAC DISTRIBUTION, APPLICATIONS OF QUANTUM STATISTICS TO THE PHYSICS OF MATTER, FUNDAMENTALS OF PHASE TRANSITION THEORY AND OF CRITICAL PHENOMENA, BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION, SUPERFLUIDITY, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, EPR PARADOX, TELETRANSPORT, QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY. 

Full programme

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Bibliography

L. Peliti, Appunti di Meccanica Statistica, Boringhieri <br />
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E. M. Lifsitz and L. P. Pitaevkij, Fisica Statistica -- Parte seconda-- Teoria dello stato condensato, Editori Riunti Edizioni Mir (Roma 1981).

Teaching methods

Classroom lectures. <br />
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Oral examination.

Assessment methods and criteria

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