| Academic Year |
2026Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences |
| Lecture Code |
ANP24001 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
統計力学ＩＩ |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
トウケイリキガクII |
Subject Name in
English |
Statistical Physics II |
| Instructor |
TANAKA SHINPEI |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
タナカ シンペイ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
3rd-Year, First Semester, 2Term |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(2T) Weds1-4：IAS K101 |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
Face-to-face |
| Lectures using black board. |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
4 |
Language of Instruction |
B
:
Japanese／English |
| Course Level |
3
:
Undergraduate High-Intermediate
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| Course Area（Area） |
25
:
Science and Technology |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
06
:
Physics |
| Eligible Students |
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| Keywords |
Fermi-Dirac distribution, Bose-Einstein distribution, Phase transitions |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | |
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Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | Integrated Arts and Sciences
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework.
（Abilities and Skills）
・The ability and skills to specify necessary theories and methods for consideration of issues. |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
Following up Statistical physics I, some applications and examples are introduced. to understand the ideas and methods in statistical physics. The concepts of distribution are especially focused. |
| Class Schedule |
1. Review of Statistical Mechanics I and the Grand Canonical Ensemble
2. Foundations of Quantum Statistics: Identical Particles and the Occupation-Number Representation
3. Fermi–Dirac Statistics I: The Ideal Fermi Gas
4. Fermi–Dirac Statistics II: Low-Temperature Expansion and Electrons in Metals
5. Bose–Einstein Statistics I: The Ideal Bose Gas, Photons, and Phonons
6. Bose–Einstein Statistics II: Bose–Einstein Condensation in the Ideal Gas
7. Interacting Bose Systems: A First Look
8. Beyond Ideal Quantum Gases: Cluster and Virial Expansions (Optional)
9. Overview of Phase Transitions and Free Energy
10. Landau Mean-Field Theory: Computing Critical Exponents
11. Lattice Models (Ising Model, etc.) and Beyond Mean Field
12. Correlation Functions, Correlation Length, and Scaling
13. Transport Phenomena I: Diffusion and Minimal Kinetic Theory
14. Transport Phenomena II: The Boltzmann Equation and Transport Coefficients
15. Transport Phenomena III: Linear Response Theory and the Kubo Formula
Some reports and the final examination. |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
R. Kubo, M. Toda, and N. Hashitsume, "Statistical Physics I, II" as a reference (not the text book). |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
Text, Handouts, Visual Materials |
| (More Details) |
Text books and prints. |
| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
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Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
Review each lecture and question anything you don't understand. |
| Requirements |
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| Grading Method |
The final examination (about 70%) and some reports. |
| Practical Experience |
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| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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| Message |
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| Other |
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Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. |