LECTURES, CLASSES AND TUTORIALS
Alexander Schekochihin
Lectures: A1 (2nd year), Adavnced Fluid Dynamics (MMathPhys Dry Run)
Tutorials: Papers CP3/4 (1st year), A1 (2nd year) and B1-I (3rd year)
Hilary Term 2015
| 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. 1st and 2nd years: Your classes will normally be on Saturday (before lunch) and the corresponding problem sheets will be due on Sunday night following the class, 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. Everyone: Please turn in your homework by leaving it in the pidgeon hole of Richard Fern, who will be helping with the marking this year. Richard and I cannot guarantee that work that is turned in late will be looked at. He will forward your homeworks to me and I will either leave them in your pidges or bring them to the tute. In the case of the latter eventuality, please make notes for yourselves while doing the homeworks to make sure you have a programme for what to discuss during the tutes. Note that Richard also serves as a graduate mentor and you are encouraged to request appointments with him (although not guaranteed that he will have time for you) if after the tutes are done you are still having difficulties with the material. CP3/4: Half of the classes and tutorials will be given by Prof Christopher Ramsey. Please arrange your schedule (and process for turning in homework) with him directly. CP3/4: Graham Ross's notes on Wave Motion CP3/4: Problem Sheets for HT-15 (same as for HT-14) A1: Course webpage B1-I: Course webpage Some notes on Kolmogorov turbulence Xmas Questions (totally optional) |
 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 19 Jan | 17:00-18:30 |
TP 2.5 |
4 |
MPhys: Chris Staines |
|
| 20:20-21:20 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Chaos Tute-2: Ravin Jain & Alex Moore |
PS-4 (vac work) due upon your arrival to Oxford |
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| Tue 20 Jan |
18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Chaos Tute-2: Tiff Brydges & Liz Traynor |
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| Wed 21 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-1 | ||
| 14:15-14:45 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Chaos Tute-2: James Matthew |
PS-4 (vac work) due upon your arrival to Oxford |
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| 14:45-15:45 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Chaos Tute-2: Sergejs Lukanihins & Jasper Russell |
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| 19:00 |
Savile Room |
All |
Roger Bacon Society Dinner |
President Catherine Hale |
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| Thu 22 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-2 | ||
| Fri 23 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-3 | ||
| 13:30-15:00 |
TP 2.5 |
4 |
MPhys: Chris Staines | |||
| Sat 24 Jan |
11:30-13:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Class-1 |
We will discuss the collection
paper and any questions arising from your inter-term revision efforts. |
|
| Sun 25 Jan |
11:30-13:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-1 |
We will discuss the
collection paper and any questions arising from your inter-term revision efforts. |
|
| II |
Tue 27 Jan |
14:00-15:30 |
TP 2.5 |
4 |
MPhys: Chris Staines | |
| Wed 28 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-4 | ||
| 16:30-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: David Felce & Tom Hornigold |
PS-4
(vac work) due upon your arrival to Oxford |
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| 17:30-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Isabelle Naylor |
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| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Chris Hamilton & Glenn Wagner |
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| 20:20-21:20 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Mantas Abazorius & Adam Stanway |
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| Thu 29 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-5 | ||
| Fri 30 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-6 | ||
| 13:30-15:00 |
TP 2.5 |
4 |
MPhys: Chris Staines | |||
| Sat 31 Jan |
11:30-13:30 |
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 |
Mon 2 Feb |
17:00-18:30 |
TP 2.5 |
4 |
MPhys: Chris Staines | |
| 20:20-21:20 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Ilya Lapan & Robert Stemmons | HT-2 due Sun 1 Feb 23:59 | ||
| Wed 4 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-7 | ||
| 14:00-15:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Caleb Rich & Jacob White |
HT-2 due Sun 1 Feb 23:59 | ||
| Sat 7 Feb |
11:30-13:30 |
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 |
|
| 17:30-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Toby Adkins |
HT-2 due Sun 1 Feb 23:59 | ||
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: David Hosking & Ewan McCulloch |
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| IV |
Mon 9 Feb |
15:00-17:00 |
Fisher Room, DWB |
MMathPhys |
Magnetohydrodynamics Lectures 1-2 |
|
| 17:00-18:30 |
TP 2.5 |
4 |
MPhys: Chris Staines | |||
| Wed 11 Feb |
16:30-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-2: David Felce & Tom Hornigold | PS-5 due
Sun 8 Feb 23:59 |
|
| 17:30-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-2: Isabelle Naylor |
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| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-2: Chris Hamilton & Glenn Wagner |
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| Thu 12 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-11 | Open systems |
|
| 13:15-14:00 |
TP 2.5 | 4 | MPhys: Chris Staines | |||
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-2: Mantas Abazorius & Adam Stanway |
PS-5 due Sun 8 Feb 23:59 | ||
| Fri 13 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-12 | Open systems |
|
| Sat 14 Feb |
11:30-13:30 |
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 |
Mon 16 Feb |
15:00-17:00 |
Fisher Room, DWB | MMathPhys | Magnetohydrodynamics Lectures 3-4 | |
| 17:00-18:30 |
TP 2.5 |
MPhys |
MPhys: Chris Staines | |||
| Wed 18 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-13 | Open systems |
|
| 16:15-17:15 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: Caleb Rich & Jacob White |
HT-4 due
Sun 15 Feb 23:59 |
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| 17:15-17:45 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: Toby Adkins |
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| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: David Hosking & Ewan McCulloch |
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| 20:20-21:20 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: Ilya Lapan & Robert Stemmons |
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| Thu 19 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-14 | Quantum gases |
|
| Fri 20 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-15 | Quantum gases |
|
| 13:30-15:00 |
TP 2.5 |
4 |
MPhys: Chris Staines | |||
| Sat 21 Feb |
11:30-13:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys
Class-3 |
PS-6 (try it before class, prepare questions) Applications of Stat Mech; open systems |
|
| Sun 22 Feb |
11:30-13:30 | 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 |
|
| VI |
Mon 23 Feb |
15:00-17:00 |
Fisher Room, DWB | MMathPhys | Magnetohydrodynamics Lectures 5-6 |
|
| 17:00-18:30 |
TP 2.5 |
4 |
MPhys: Chris Staines | |||
| Wed 25 Feb |
12:00-13:00 | Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-16 | Quantum gases |
|
| 16:30-17:30 | Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-3: David Felce & Tom Hornigold | PS-6 due
Sun 22 Feb 23:59 |
||
| 17:30-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-3: Isabelle Naylor |
|||
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-3: Chris Hamilton & Glenn Wagner |
|||
| 20:20-21:20 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-3: Mantas Abazorius & Adam Stanway | |||
| Thu 26 Feb |
12:00-13:00 | Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-17 | Quantum gases |
|
| Sat 28 Feb |
11:30-13:30 |
2 |
Stat Phys Class-4 |
PS-7
(try it before class, prepare questions) Quantum gases |
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| VII |
Mon 2 Mar |
15:00-17:00 |
Fisher Room, DWB | MMathPhys | Magnetohydrodynamics Lectures 7-8 |
|
| 17:00-18:30 |
TP 2.5 |
4 |
MPhys: Chris Staines | |||
| Wed 4 Mar |
16:15-17:15 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Caleb Rich & Jacob White |
HT-5 due Sun 1 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) |
|
| 17:15-17:45 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Toby Adkins |
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| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: David Hosking & Ewan McCulloch |
|||
| 20:20-21:20 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Ilya Lapan & Robert Stemmons |
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| Thu 5 Mar |
17:00 |
TS Eliot LT |
All |
Occam Lecture (sign up on Facebook) | Prof Yuri Manin "Physics in the World of Ideas: Complexity as Energy" |
|
| VIII |
Mon 9 Mar |
15:00-17:00 |
Fisher Room, DWB | MMathPhys |
Magnetohydrodynamics Lectures 9-10 |
|
| 17:00-18:30 |
TP 2.5 |
4 |
MPhys: Chris Staines | |||
| Wed 11 Mar |
16:30-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-4: David Felce & Tom Hornigold | PS-7 due Sun 8 Mar 23:59 (this problem set is long and difficult, do not leave it until the last day!) |
|
| 17:30-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tutr-4: Isabelle Naylor |
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| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-4: Chris Hamilton & Glenn Wagner |
|||
| 20:20-21:20 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-4: Mantas Abazorius & Adam Stanway |
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| Fri 13 Mar | 11:30-13:30 (please confirm this time is OK) |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-5 |
HT-7 (try it before class, prepare questions) | |
| 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 |
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| 1 |
Vacation work: HT-7 |
Tute in TT-2015 |
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| 2 |
Vacation
work: PS-8 |
Tute in TT-2015 |