Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
STATISTICAL MECHANICS II	First cycle	FİZ604		1	7.50	7.50	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	PHYS504 STATISTICAL PHYSICS I
Language of instruction	ENGLISH
Coordinator	PROF. DR. MUSTAFA KESKİN
Lecturer(s)	PROF. DR. MUSTAFA KESKİN
Teaching assitant(s)	Doç. Dr. Mehmet Ertaş
Mode of delivery	Face to face
Course objective	To understand the physics of many partıcles systems and to formulate and to solve simple problems related to subjects of statistical physics.
Course description	To give and to identify concept of physics of many particle systems.

Course contents

1	Fermi- Dirac Statistics and its simple applications
2	Bose - Einstein Statistics and its simple applications
3	Spin-1/2 Ising model and equivalence of the spin - 1/2 Ising model to other models
4	Solution of the spin-1/2 Ising model within the mean field approximation and transfer matrix method.
5	Solution of the spin-1/2 Ising model within the pair approximation.
6	Spin-1 Ising model and equivalence of the spin-1 Ising model to other models
7	Solution of the spin-1 Ising model within the cluster variation and transfer matrix methods.
8	Renormalization Group (RG) Theory and its application one- and two- dimensional spin-1/2 Ising Model
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	To gain the ability for studying the physical properties of many particles systems at the high and low temperatures.
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*Contribution level of the course unit to the key learning outcomes

1	To identify, analyze and apply art and design knowledge into graphic design field.
2	Being able to know and use the software in field of graphic design and keeping up with technology.
3	To be aware of the importance of life long learning and meet the requirements of it.
4	To be aware of the problems of current time and track the changing dynamics of the society.
5	To persuade others, express themselves and communicate effectively.
6	To be aware of ethical and occupational responsibilities in creating ideas and artwork
7	Being able to research, experience, analyze, evaluate and interpret.
8	Being able to design a product/artwork to solve a problem and meet the needs considering the target audience.
9	Being able to work in an interdisciplinary manner.
10	Being able to use appropriate techniques and equipment in solving art and design problems.
11	Being able to work individually and work as a member of a team.
12	Being aware of timing, patience, compromising, self reliance and being systematic.
13	To be environment conscious while choosing the materials used in designing.
14	To be aware of responsibility about social, cultural, scientific and artistic values.
15	To be aware of responsibility about using language effectively and efficiently.
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	14	3	42
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	13	3	39
Homework	8	4	32
Presentation / seminar	0	0	0
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	6	5	30
Midterm exams	1	3	3
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	6	6	36
Final exam	1	3	3
Research	0	0	0
Total work load			185
ECTS			7.50

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	30
Quiz	5	30
Homework	6	0
Semester total		60
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		60
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		40
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	Lecture Notes
Additional references	1-Landau and Lifshitz, Statistical Physics, Pergamon Press, New York, 1982. 2- K. Huang, Statistical Physics, ohn Wiley & Sons, New York, 1987. 3- D. Chandler Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics, Oxford University Press, 1987. 4- R. Kubo, Statistical Mechanics, North-Holland Publ. Comp., 1981. 5- R.K.Pathria and P. Beale Statistical Mechanics, Butterworth-heinemann, 1996. 6-M. Kardar, Statistical Physics of Particles, Cambridge University Press, 2007. 7-M. Kardar, Statistical Physics of Fields, Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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