General Prerequisites:
Course Term: Hilary
Course Lecture Information: 16 lectures
Course Weight: 1
Course Overview:
16 lectures.
1 unit
Areas: CMT, Astro, foundational course
Sequel: Topics in Soft & Active Matter Physics (TT).
Method of assessment: Homework completion only
Lecturer: Prof Ramin Golestanian
This a Physics course. Additional course materials such as problem sheets, homework hand in, and lecture recording can be found at the Canvas site at:
https://canvas.ox.ac.uk/courses/110068 Lectures can be accessed from this link, but if you need a direct link to lectures they can be found at:
https://canvas.ox.ac.uk/courses/110068/external_tools/496
1 unit
Areas: CMT, Astro, foundational course
Sequel: Topics in Soft & Active Matter Physics (TT).
Method of assessment: Homework completion only
Lecturer: Prof Ramin Golestanian
This a Physics course. Additional course materials such as problem sheets, homework hand in, and lecture recording can be found at the Canvas site at:
https://canvas.ox.ac.uk/courses/110068 Lectures can be accessed from this link, but if you need a direct link to lectures they can be found at:
https://canvas.ox.ac.uk/courses/110068/external_tools/496
Learning Outcomes:
Course Synopsis:
Stochastic Langevin dynamics. Brownian motion. Nonequilibrium kinetics. Master equation. Fokker-Planck equation. Kramers rate theory and mean first-passage time. Brownian ratchets. Multiplicative noise. Path integral formulation and Martin-Siggia-Rose method. Fluctuation theorems.