Physics
677: Advanced Topics in Statistical and Biological Physics, Fall
2025
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Instructor:
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Prof. Alexandre V. Morozov Office hour: by request |
Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday, 2.00 - 3.20 pm, SRN-401
Textbooks:
Stochastic Methods: A Handbook for the Natural and Social Sciences by C. Gardiner, Springer;
A Guide to First-Passage Processes by S. Redner, Cambridge University Press;
A Kinetic View of Statistical Physics by P. L. Krapivsky and S. Redner, Cambridge University Press
Prerequisites: Some knowledge of equilibrium statistical physics.
Homework and Exam: One homework per 2-3 weeks. There will be a final take-home exam (48 hours, open book, open notes).
Student Presentations: 30 min presentations on a topic of interest to the class, including derivations, simulations, results from recent papers, etc. The grade is
determined according to the following formula: total score = 1/3(final) + 1/3(homework) + 1/3(presentation)
Papers to be discussed in class:
1. Review of first-passage processes in chemical physics: Weiss:AdvChemPhys1966
2. Ito versus Stratonovich: vanKampen:Ito vs Stratonovich
Lecture Notes:
Lectures 1-6 (09/02-09/18): pdf
Lecture 7 (09/23): pdf
Lecture 8 (09/25): pdf
Lecture 9 (09/30): pdf
Lecture 10 (10/02): Weiss:AdvChemPhys1966 pp. 10-14 pdf
Lectures 11-12 (10/07,10/09): pdf
Lecture 13 (10/14): pdf
Lecture 14 (10/16,10/21): vanKampen:Ito vs Stratonovich pdf
Lecture 15 (10/23): pdf
Lecture 16 (10/28,10/30): pdf
Lecture 17 (11/04,11/06): pdf
Lecture 18 (11/11,11/13): Chernyak:JStatMech2006 pdf
Lecture 19 (11/18,11/20): pdf
Lecture 20 (12/02,12/04): pdf
Homework:
Homework 1 (due 09/25): Problems
Homework 2 (due 10/14): Problems
Homework 3 (due 11/04): Problems
Student Presentations:
Serin 401, 2.00-3.20 pm Tue, Nov. 25:
Serin 401, 2.00-3.20 pm Tue, Dec. 9:
FINAL EXAM: Problems
[Due: Mon., Dec. 15 by 5 pm. Please leave your exam in my Physics mailbox or email/bring it to me. Good luck!]
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