Course Term: Hilary
Course Weight: 1
Course Overview:
16 lectures.
Areas: CMT, Astro, foundational course
Sequel: Topics in Soft & Active Matter Physics (TT).
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Visiting and Short Option Students Only: Please e-mail your work to your TA/Tutor by the required deadline, copying in mmathphys@maths.ox.ac.uk
External Lecturer(s):
Prof. Ramin Golestanian
Assessment Type:
No formal assessment; homework completion
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.