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 2018
| 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 Glenn Wagner, who will be helping with the marking this term. Glenn 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 Glenn 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 will do the rest, including vacation work, which should be pifged to him. Please arrange your schedule (and process for turning in homework) with him 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-18 (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 15 Jan | 10:00-11:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys: MHD Lecture 1 |
|
| 16:00-17:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys: MHD Lecture 2 |
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| Tue 16 Jan |
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. |
|
| Wed 17 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 18 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-2 | ||
| Fri 19 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-3 | ||
| 19:00 |
Savile Rm |
All |
Roger Bacon Society Dinner |
President David Hosking |
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| II |
Mon 22 Jan |
10:00-11:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys: MHD Lecture 3 | |
| 16:00-17:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys: MHD Lecture 4 |
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| 20:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
4 |
Merton MMathPhys Seminar |
Jennifer Friske |
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| Tue 23 Jan |
17:00-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Georgia Acton & Kirill Sasin |
PS-4
(vac work) due upon your arrival to Oxford |
|
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Jacob Robertson & Leonie Woodland |
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| Wed 24 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-4 | ||
| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Lucy Biddle, Andrew Doyle & Jack McIntyre | PS-4
(vac work) due upon your arrival to Oxford |
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| Thu 25 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-5 | ||
| 17:30-19:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Jules Desai, Roshan Dodhia & Catherine Felce | PS-4
(vac work) due upon your arrival to Oxford |
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| Fri 26 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-6 | ||
| 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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| III |
Mon 29 Jan |
10:00-11:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys: MHD Lecture 5 |
|
| 16:00-17:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys: MHD Lecture 6 |
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| 17:30-19:00 |
Hwakins Rm |
1, 2 |
Special class on Galilean space-time |
Prof Simon Saunders |
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| Tue 30 Jan |
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Oskar Maatta, Rayhan Mahmud & Ross McDonald |
HT-2 due
Sun 28 Jan @23:59 |
|
| Wed 31 Jan |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-7 | ||
| Fri 2 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 |
|
| Sat 3 Feb |
18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Maeve Dai and Richard Chatterjee | HT-2 due Sun 28 Jan @23:59 | |
| IV |
Mon 5 Feb |
10:00-11:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys:
MHD Lecture 7 |
|
| 16:00-17:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys:
MHD Lecture 8 |
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| 20:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
4 |
Merton MMathPhys Seminar |
Jennifer Friske |
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| Tue 6 Feb |
17:00-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-2: Georgia Acton & Kirill Sasin | PS-5 due
Sun 4 Feb @23:59 |
|
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-2: Jacob Robertson & Leonie Woodland | |||
| Wed 7 Feb |
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-2: Lucy Biddle, Andrew Doyle & Jack McIntyre | ||
| Thu 8 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-11 | Open systems |
|
| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-2: Jules Desai, Roshan Dodhia & Catherine Felce | PS-5 due Sun 4 Feb @23:59 | ||
| Fri 9 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-12 | 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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| V |
Mon 12 Feb |
10:00-11:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB | 4 | MMathPhys: MHD Lecture 9 | |
| 16:00-17:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys:
MHD
Lecture 10 |
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| 17:00 |
TS Eliot LT |
All |
The 26th Occam Lecture & Dinner | Prof Irene Tracey |
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| Wed 14 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-13 | Open systems |
|
| 16:30-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: Maeve Dai and Richard Chatterjee | HT-4 due Sun 11 Feb @23:59 | ||
| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: Oskar Maatta, Rayhan Mahmud & Ross McDonald | |||
| Thu 15 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 |
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| Fri 16 Feb |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-15 | Quantum gases |
|
| 15:30-17:30 |
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 |
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| VI |
Mon 19 Feb |
20:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
4 |
Merton MMathPhys Seminar |
Jennifer Friske; Makinde Ogunnaike |
| Tue 20 Feb |
11:15-13:15 |
Beecroft Rm |
4 |
MMathPhys: MHD Problem Class |
||
| 17:00-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-3: Georgia Acton & Kirill Sasin | PS-6 due Sun 18 Feb @23:59 | ||
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-3: Jacob Robertson & Leonie Woodland | |||
| Wed 21 Feb |
12:00-13:00 | Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-16 | Quantum gases |
|
| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-3: Lucy Biddle, Andrew Doyle & Jack McIntyre | PS-6 due
Sunn 18 Feb @23:59 |
||
| Thu 22 Feb |
12:00-13:00 | Lindemann LT |
2 |
Statistical Mechanics Lecture-17 STRIKE | Quantum gases |
|
| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-3: Jules Desai, Roshan Dodhia & Catherine Felce | PS-6 due Sun 18 Feb @23:59 | ||
| Fri 23
Feb |
17:00-19:00 |
Grove
1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Class-4 |
PS-7
(try it before class, prepare questions) Quantum gases |
|
| VII |
Wed 28 Feb |
16:30-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Maeve Dai and Richard Chatterjee |
HT-5 due
Sat 25
Feb @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: Oskar Maatta, Rayhan Mahmud & Ross McDonald | |||
| VIII |
Mon 5 Mar |
20:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
4 |
Merton MMathPhys Seminar |
|
| Tue 6 Mar |
17:00-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-4: Georgia Acton & Kirill Sasin | PS-7 due Sat 3 Mar @23:59 (this problem set is long and difficult, do not leave it until the last day!) |
|
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-4: Jacob Robertson & Leonie Woodland | |||
| Wed 7 Mar |
17:30-19:00 |
Grove
1.8 |
2 |
Tute-4: Lucy Biddle, Andrew Doyle & Jack McIntyre | ||
| Thu 8 Mar |
17:30-19:00 |
Grove
1.8 |
2 |
Tute-4: Jules Desai, Roshan Dodhia & Catherine Felce | ||
| Fri 9 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-2018 (with C. Ramsey) |
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| 2 |
Vacation
work: PS-8 |
Tute in
TT-2018 |