LECTURES, CLASSES AND TUTORIALS
Alexander Schekochihin
Lectures: A1 (2nd year), Adavnced Fluid Dynamics (MMathPhys)
Tutorials: Papers CP3/4 (1st year), A1 (2nd year) and MMathPhys Dissertation (4th year)
Merton MMathPhys Seminar (4th year)
Hilary Term 2017
| 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 make sure you have your problem sheets with you in class. Please turn in your homework by leaving it in the pidgeon hole of Archie Bott, who will be helping with the marking this term. Archie 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 Archie 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: I will cover the collection and problem sets HT-2, HT-4, HT-5 and HT-7. Prof Christopher Ramsey is on jury duty for the first half of the term, so your classes and tutes in weeks 1-4 that would normally have been with him will be with Archie Bott (problem sets MT-8, HT-1 and HT-3). Prof Ramsey will return to teach you in weeks 7 and 8 (problem set HT-6). Please arrange your schedule (and process for turning in homework) with the two of them directly. CP3/4: Graham Ross's notes on Wave Motion CP3/4: On Vector Calculus, I recommend Ramin Golestanian's lecture notes CP3/4: Problem Sheets for HT-17 (mostly the same as last year, although I may make some minor updates, which I will let you know about) A1: Course webpage |
 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 16 Jan | 11:00-13:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys: MHD Lectures 1-2 |
|
| 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. |
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| Wed 18 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-1 | ||
| 17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Class-1 | We will discuss the collection
paper and any questions arising from your inter-term revision efforts. |
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| Thu 19 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-2 | ||
| OUPS Lecture |
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| Fri 20 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-3 | ||
| 19:00 |
Savile Rm |
All |
Roger Bacon Society Dinner |
President Thomas Hornigold |
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| TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
1 |
Tutes or class with A. Bott |
MT-8; arrange with him |
|
| TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
1 |
Class with A. Bott |
HT-1; arrange with him |
|
| II |
Mon 23 Jan |
11:00-13:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys: MHD Lectures 3-4 | |
| 20:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
4 |
Merton MMathPhys Seminar |
Diego Berdeja Suarez |
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| Wed 25 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-4 | ||
| 15:15-16:15 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Pablo Espinoza & Oliver Paulin | PS-4
(vac work) due upon your arrival to Oxford |
||
| 16:15-17:15 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Joey Li & Uros Ristivojevic | |||
| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Matt Davies, Max Plummer & Kirill Sasin | |||
| Thu 26 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 |
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| Fri 27 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-6 | ||
| TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
1 |
Tutes with A. Bott |
HT-1; arrange with him |
|
| III |
Mon 30 Jan |
11:00-13:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys: MHD Lectures 5-6 |
|
| 20:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
4 |
Merton MMathPhys Seminar |
Konstantin Beyer |
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| Wed 1 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-7 | ||
| 14:30-16:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Lucy Biddle, Andrew Doyle & Jack McIntyre |
HT-2 due
Sun 29 Jan @23:59 to A. Bott; also bring to tute reworked Q7 and Q11 from the collection |
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| 16:00-17:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Jacob Robertson & Leonie Woodland | |||
| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Jules Desai, Roshan Dodhia & Catherine Felce |
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| Sat 4 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 |
|
| TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
1 |
Class with A. Bott |
HT-3; arrange with him |
|
| IV |
Mon 6 Feb |
11:00-13:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys:
MHD Lectures 7-8 |
|
| 20:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
4 |
Merton MMathPhys Seminar |
Jonathan Tot |
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| Wed 8 Feb |
18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-2: Joey Li & Uros Ristivojevic | PS-5 due
Sun 5 Feb @23:59 to A. Bott |
|
| Thu 9 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 |
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| Fri 10 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-12 | Open systems |
|
| 16:30-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-2: Pablo Espinoza & Oliver Paulin | PS-5 due
Sun 5 Feb @23:59 to A. Bott |
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| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-2: Matt Davies, Max Plummer & Kirill Sasin | |||
| TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
1 |
Tutes with A. Bott |
HT-3; arrange with him |
|
| V |
Mon 13 Feb |
11:00-13:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB | 4 | MMathPhys: MHD Lectures 9-10 | |
| 20:20 |
Grove 1.8 |
4 |
Merton MMathPhys Seminar |
Hadleigh Frost |
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| Wed 15 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-13 | Open systems |
|
| 14:30-16:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: Lucy Biddle, Andrew Doyle & Jack McIntyre | HT-4 due
Sun 12 Feb @23:59 to A. Bott |
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| 16:00-17:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: Jacob Robertson & Leonie Woodland | |||
| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: Jules Desai, Roshan Dodhia & Catherine Felce | |||
| Thu 16 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-14 | Quantum gases |
|
| 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 |
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| Fri 17 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-15 | 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 |
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| VI |
Mon 20 Feb |
20:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
4 |
Merton MMathPhys Seminar |
Stella Bourdi |
| Tue 21 Feb |
16:00-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
4 |
MMathPhys: MHD Problem Class |
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| Wed 22 Feb |
12:00-13:00 | Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-16 | Quantum gases |
|
| 17:00-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-3: Joey Li & Uros Ristivojevic | PS-6 due
Sun 19 Feb @23:59 to A. Bott |
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| Thu 23 Feb |
12:00-13:00 | Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-17 | Quantum gases |
|
| 16:30-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-3: Pablo Espinoza & Oliver Paulin | PS-6 due
Sun 19 Feb @23:59 to A. Bott |
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| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-3: Matt Davies, Max Plummer & Kirill Sasin |
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| Fri 24
Feb |
17:00-19:00 |
Grove
1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Class-4 |
PS-7
(try it before class, prepare questions) Quantum gases |
|
| VII |
Mon 27 Feb |
17:00 |
TS Eliot LT |
All |
The 23rd Occam Lecture & Dinner | Prof Charles Clark (NIST & U of Maryland) |
| Wed 1 Mar |
14:30-16:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Lucy Biddle, Andrew Doyle & Jack McIntyre | HT-5 due
Sat 25
Feb @23:59 to A. Bott (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) |
|
| 16:00-17:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Jacob Robertson & Leonie Woodland | |||
| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Jules Desai, Roshan Dodhia & Catherine Felce | |||
| Fri 3 Mar |
17:00-19:00 |
Hawkins |
2, 3 |
Extracurricular class on quantum measurement problem/reality of quantum state |
Prof Simon Saunders |
|
| TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
1 |
Class with C. Ramsey |
HT-6; arrange with him |
|
| VIII |
Min 6 Mar |
20:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
4 |
Merton MMathPhys Seminar |
Minhyong Kim |
| Wed 8 Mar |
15:15-16:15 |
Grove
1.8 |
2 |
Tute-4: Joey Li & Uros Ristivojevic |
PS-7 due Sat 4 Mar @23:59 to A. Bott (this problem set is long and difficult, do not leave it until the last day!) |
|
| 16:15-17:15 |
Grove
1.8 |
2 |
Tute-4: Pablo Espinoza & Oliver Paulin |
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| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove
1.8 |
2 |
Tute-4: Matt Davies, Max Plummer & Kirill Sasin |
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| Thu 9 Mar | 17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-5 --- CANCELLED |
HT-7 (try it before class, prepare questions) | |
| Fri
10 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 |
|
| TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
1 |
Tutes with C. Ramsey |
HT-6; arrange with him |
|
| 1 |
Vacation work: HT-7 |
Tute in TT-2017 (with C. Ramsey) |
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| 2 |
Vacation
work: PS-8 |
Tute in
TT-2017 |