NOTES:
If you are meeting me in ThPhys-2.5 (this is in 1 Keble Road, R.
Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics) and there is no one at the
reception to let you in, please ring my mobile phone 07766138996 or
office
01865 273 980. Attention 1st and 2nd years: Your classes will normally be on Saturday morning and the corresponding problem sheets will be due on Sunday night following the class (except if indicated otherwise below), with follow-up tutes the week after. I suggest that you attempt the problem sheets BEFORE the class, so we could deal with some of the arising problems in class. If you do not do that, it may turn out to be difficult for you to finish your homework on time. CP3/4: Half of the classes and tutorials will be given by Prof Christopher Ramsey. Please arrange your schedule with him directly. CP3/4: Graham Ross's notes on Wave Motion CP3/4: Problem Sheets for HT-14 A1: Course webpage Christmas Questions on B1-I (these are extracurricular, but those of you who attempt them can contact me to arrange a tute or class) |
A sketch of students (or, perhaps, fellows) in a manuscript of William of Ockham's commentary on Aristotle's Physics (MS293 from the Merton College library, image courtesy of J. Walwarth). |
Week |
Date |
Time |
Place |
Year |
Class/Tute |
Notes |
I |
Mon 20 Jan |
11:00-13:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat
Phys Class-1 |
We will discuss the collection
paper and any questions arising from your inter-term revision efforts. |
Wed 22 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-1 | ||
17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-1 | We will discuss the
collection paper and any questions arising from your inter-term revision efforts. |
||
Thu 23 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-2 | ||
Fri 24 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-3 | ||
19:00 |
Savile Room |
All |
Roger Bacon Society Dinner |
President R. Fern |
||
II |
Wed 29 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-4 | |
16:00-17:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Sam Artigolle & Sergejs Lukanihins | PS-4
(vac work) due upon your arrival to Oxford |
||
17:00-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: James Matthew | |||
18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Tiffany Brydges & Liz Traynor | |||
20:20-21:50 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Ravin Jain, Alex Moore and Jasper Russell | |||
Thu 30 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-5 | ||
Fri 31 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-6 | ||
Sat 1 Feb |
11:00-13:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-2 |
HT-2 (try it before class, prepare questions) 3D multiple, line and surface integrals Normal modes Rigid rotation |
|
III |
Wed 5 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-7 | |
16:30-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1:
David Felce & Tom Hornigold |
HT-2 due Sun 2 Feb 23:59 | ||
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1:
Chris Hamilton, Isabelle Naylor & Glenn Wagner |
|||
20:20-21:20 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Mantas Abazorius & Adam Stanway |
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Sat 8 Feb |
11:00-13:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat
Phys Class-2 |
PS-5 (try it before class, prepare questions) Fundamentals of Stat Mech; stat mech of the ideal gas |
|
IV |
Wed 12 Feb |
16:00-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-2: Sam Artigolle, Sergejs Lukanihins & Jasper Russell | PS-5 due
Sun 9 Feb 23:59 |
17:30-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-2: James Matthew | |||
18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-2: Tiffany Brydges & Liz Traynor | |||
20:20-21:20 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-2: Ravin Jain & Alex Moore |
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Thu 13 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-11 | Open systems |
|
Fri 14 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-12 | Open systems |
|
Sat 15 Feb |
11:00-13:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-3 |
HT-4
(try it before class, prepare questions) Vector calculus: differentiation in index notation Gauss and Stokes Theorems Wave equation; separation of variables |
|
V |
Wed 19 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-13 | Open systems |
16:30-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: David Felce & Tom Hornigold | HT-4 due
Sun 16 Feb 23:59 |
||
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: Chris Hamilton, Isabelle Naylor & Glenn Wagner | |||
20:20-21:20 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: Mantas Abazorius & Adam Stanway | |||
Thu 20 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-14 | Quantum gases |
|
Fri 21 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-15 | Quantum gases |
|
Sat 22 Feb |
11:00-13:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys
Class-3 |
PS-6 (try it before class, prepare questions) Applications of Stat Mech; open systems |
|
VI |
Mon 24 Feb |
17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-4 |
HT-5
(try it before class, prepare questions) Vector calculus: integrals Dispersion Vector calculus & waves in EM and hydrodynamics |
Wed 26 Feb |
12:00-13:00 | Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-16 | Quantum gases |
|
15:30-17:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-3:
Sam Artigolle, Sergejs Lukanihins & Jasper Russell |
PS-6 due
Sun 23 Feb 23:59 |
||
17:00-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-3: James Matthew | |||
18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-3: Tiffany Brydges & Liz Traynor | |||
Thu 27 Feb |
12:00-13:00 | Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-17 | Quantum gases |
|
Fri 28 Feb |
18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-3: Ravin Jain & Alex Moore | ||
Sat 1 Mar |
11:00-13:00 |
2 |
Stat Phys Class-4 |
PS-7
(try it before class, prepare questions) Quantum gases |
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VII |
Mon 3 Mar |
17:00 |
TS Eliot LT |
All |
Occam Lecture (sign up on Facebook) | Mr Alan Bond "Beyond the Jet Engine" |
Wed 5 Mar |
16:30-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: David Felce & Tom Hornigold | HT-5 due Sun 2 Mar 23:59 (this problem set is quite difficult and may require independent study; you have two weeks to do it, don't leave it until the last day) |
|
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Chris Hamilton, Isabelle Naylor & Glenn Wagner | |||
20:20-21:20 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Mantas Abazorius & Adam Stanway | |||
VIII |
Mon 10 Mar |
11:15-13:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-5 |
HT-7 (try it before class, prepare questions) |
Wed 12 Mar |
16:00-17:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-4: Sam Artigolle & Sergejs Lukanihins |
PS-7 due Sun 9 Mar 23:59 (this problem set is long and difficult, do not leave it until the last day!) |
|
17:00-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-4: James Matthew |
|||
18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-4: Tiffany Brydges & Liz Traynor |
|||
20:20-21:50 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-4: Ravin Jain, Alex Moore, Jasper Russell |
|||
Fri 14 Mar |
17:00-19:00 | Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat
Phys Class-5 |
PS-8 (try it before class, prepare questions) Real gases, phase transitions, revision of Stat Mech |
|
1 |
Vacation work: HT-7 |
Tute in TT-2013 |
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2 |
Vacation
work: PS-8 |
Tute in TT-2013 |