LECTURES, CLASSES AND TUTORIALS
Alexander Schekochihin
Lectures: A1 (2nd year), Adavnced Fluid Dynamics (MMathPhys)
Tutorials: Papers CP3/4 (1st year) анд A1 (2nd year)
Hilary Term 2016
| 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. Please attempt your 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 follow the discussion in class or to finish your homework on time. Please turn in your homework by leaving it in the pidgeon hole of Adrian Menssen, who will be helping with the marking this term. Adrian 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 Adrian 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-16 (mostly the same as for HT-15, although I may make some minor updates, which I will let you know about) A1: Course webpage Revision notes by Toby Adkins |
 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 18 Jan | 15:00-17:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys: MHD Lectures 1-2 |
|
| Wed 20 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-1 | ||
| 17:30-19:00 | TBC |
1,
2 |
Class-0: Inertial Frames (TBC) | Prof Simon Saunders | ||
| Thu 21 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-2 | ||
| Fri 22 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-3 | ||
| 19:00 |
Savile Rm |
All |
Roger Bacon Society Dinner |
President Ravin Jain |
||
| Sat 23 Jan |
11:30-14:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat
Phys Class-1 |
We will discuss the collection
paper and any questions arising from your inter-term revision efforts. |
|
| Sun 24 Jan |
11:30-14:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-1 |
We will discuss the
collection paper and any questions arising from your inter-term revision efforts. |
|
| II |
Mon 25 Jan |
15:00-17:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys: MHD Lectures 3-4 | |
| Wed 27 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-4 | ||
| 16:00-17:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: David Hosking & Ewan McCulloch | PS-4
(vac work) due upon your arrival to Oxford |
||
| 17:00-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Caleb Rich & Jacon White | |||
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Ilya Lapan & Robert Stemmons | |||
| Thu 28 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-5 | ||
| 17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-2 |
HT-2 (try it before class,
prepare questions) 3D multiple, line and surface integrals Normal modes Rigid rotation |
||
| Fri 29 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-6 | ||
| 13:15-13:45 |
Clarendon |
2 |
Tute-1:
Toby Adkins |
|||
| III |
Mon 1 Feb |
15:00-17:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys: MHD Lectures 5-6 |
|
| Wed 3 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-7 | ||
| 16:30-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Georgia Acton, Joey Li
& Uros Ristivojevic |
HT-2 due
Sun 31 Jan 9:00am |
||
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Oliver
Paulin & Kirill Sasin |
|||
| 20:30-22:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Matt Davies, Pablo
Espinoza & Max Plummer |
|||
| Thu 4 Feb |
17:00-19:00 |
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 |
Mon 8 Feb |
15:00-17:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys:
MHD Lectures 7-8 |
|
| Wed 10 Feb |
16:00-17:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-2: David Hosking & Ewan McCulloch | PS-5 due
Sun 7 Feb 9:00am |
|
| 17:00-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-2: Caleb Rich & Jacon White | |||
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-2: Ilya Lapan & Robert Stemmons | |||
| Thu 11 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-11 | Open systems |
|
| 17:00-19:00 |
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 |
||
| Fri 12 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-12 | Open systems |
|
| 13:15-13:45 |
Clarendon |
2 |
Tute-2: Toby Adkins | |||
| V |
Mon 15 Feb |
15:00-17:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB | 4 | MMathPhys: MHD Lectures 9-10 | |
| Wed 17 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-13 | Open systems |
|
| 16:30-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: Georgia Acton, Joey Li & Uros Ristivojevic | HT-4 due
Sun 14 Feb 9:00am |
||
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: Pablo Espinoza & Kirill Sasin | |||
| 20:30-22:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: Matt Davies, Oliver Paulin & Max Plummer | |||
| Thu 18 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-14 | Quantum gases |
|
| 17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat
Phys
Class-3 |
PS-6 (try it before class,
prepare questions) Applications of Stat Mech; open systems |
||
| Fri 19 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-15 | Quantum gases |
|
| Sat
20 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 22 Feb |
17:15-17:45 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-3: Toby Adkins |
|
| Tue 23 Feb |
16:00-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
4 |
MMathPhys: Problem Class |
||
| Wed 24 Feb |
12:00-13:00 | Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-16 | Quantum gases |
|
| 16:00-17:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-3: David Hosking & Ewan McCulloch | PS-6 due Sun 21 Feb 9:00am | ||
| 17:00-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-3: Caleb Rich & Jacon White | |||
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-3: Ilya Lapan & Robert Stemmons | |||
| Thu 25 Feb |
12:00-13:00 | Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-17 | Quantum gases |
|
| Sat 27
Feb |
11:30-13:30 |
Grove
1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Class-4 |
PS-7
(try it before class, prepare questions) Quantum gases |
|
| VII |
Wed 2 Mar |
16:30-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Georgia Acton, Joey Li & Uros Ristivojevic | HT-5 due
Sat 27
Feb 15:00 (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) |
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Pablo Espinoza & Kirill Sasin | |||
| 20:30-22:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Matt Davies, Oliver Paulin & Max Plummer | |||
| VIII |
Mon 7 Mar |
17:00 |
TS Eliot LT |
All |
The 20th
Occam Lecture & Dinner (TBC) |
Prof Per Helander (Greifswald) |
| Wed
9 Mar |
16:00-17:00 |
Grove
1.8 |
2 |
Tute-4: David Hosking & Ewan McCulloch |
PS-7 due Sat 5 Mar 15:00 (this problem set is long and difficult, do not leave it until the last day!) |
|
| 17:00-18:00 |
Grove
1.8 |
2 |
Tute-4: Caleb Rich & Jacon White |
|||
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove
1.8 |
2 |
Tute-4: Ilya Lapan & Robert Stemmons |
|||
| 20:30-21:00 |
Grove
1.8 |
2 |
Tute-4: Toby Adkins | |||
| Thu 10 Mar | 17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-5 |
HT-7 (try it before class, prepare questions) | |
| Fri
11 Mar |
14:00-16:00 | 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-2016 (with C. Ramsey) |
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| 2 |
Vacation
work: PS-8 |
Tute in
TT-2016 (with A. Menssen) |