Online Course Materials for CO904/PX439 2007
Statistical Mechanics of Complex Systems
Lecturer: Ellak Somfai
Syllabus:
Literature:
- J. P. Sethna: Statistical Mechanics: Entropy, Order Parameters, and Complexity
- E. T. Jaynes: Probability theory: The logic of science (Cambridge University Press, 2003)
- Journal papers / book chapter:
- S Ostojic, E Somfai, B Nienhuis; Nature 439, 828 (2006)
- A J Liu, S R Nagel; Nature 396, 21 (1998)
- N Burtally, P J King, M R Swift; Science 295, 1877 (2002)
- T Mullin; Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4741 (2000)
- S F Edwards, R B S Oakeshott; Physica A 157, 1080 (1989)
- S. F. Edwards: The role of entropy in the specification of powder; in: Granular Matter: An Interdisciplinary Approach, 121-140 (ed: A. Mehta, Springer, 1994)
- E R Nowak, J B Knight, E Ben-Naim, H M Jaeger, S R Nagel; Phys. Rev. E 57, 1971 (1998)
- M Treiber, A Hennecke, D Helbing; Phys. Rev. E 62, 1805 (2000)
- T Vicsek, A Czirok, E Ben-Jacob, I Cohen, O Shochet; Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 1226 (1995)
- A Czirok, H E Stanley, T Vicsek; J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 30, 1375 (1997)
- D Helbing, T Vicsek; New J. Phys. 1, 13 (1999)
Resources for lectures
- Timetable for lectures (2007 Autumn term):
Tue 10-11
PS 0.17A
(used to be F 1.11 Engineering)
Tue 13-14
PS 0.17A
(used to be B 2.13/4 Science concourse)
Fri 09-10
PS 1.28
(Physical Sciences)
Fri 14-15
PS 1.28
- Lecture slides:
lecture 1-2
granular media
traffic models and self-propelled particles
- Granular media:
universality of force networks: journal paper [1]
jamming: journal paper [2]
segregation: journal papers [3] and [4]
Edwards' ensemble of granular configurations: journal paper [5] and book chapter [6]
experiment related to Edwards' ensemble: journal paper [7]
- Traffic models:
java applet by Martin Treiber
journal paper: [8] - Self-propelled particles:
journal papers [9] and [10]
- Pedestrians:
journal paper: [11]
Lane formation: java applet by Kai Bolay
Road crossing: java applet by Kai Bolay
Resources for classwork
- Timetable for classwork (2007 Autumn term):
Tue 11-12 PS0.17A (Physical Sciences)
Tue 14-15
PS 0.17A
Fri 10:30-12:30
PS 0.17A
- instructions for accessing CSC computers
- a good introduction to Linux and programming is
CY900: Foundations in Scientific Computing. See sessions 1-3.