A very useful guide to the shape of the melting curve is the Claussius-Clapeyron relation. (Image by Prof. Senthil Todadri.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Senthil Todadri
MIT Course Number
8.513
As Taught In
Fall 2004
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course covers the concepts and physical pictures behind various phenomena that appear in interacting many-body systems. Visualization occurs through concentration on path integral, mean-field theories and semi-classical picture of fluctuations around mean-field state.