PHYS5510 · Lecture recording

Lecture 4: Grand Canonical Ensemble and Statistical Mechanics Outlook

Recorded September 21, 2026. The complete lecture, including its introduction and transitions.

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Part 01

Canonical Ensemble Recap and Degeneracy

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Part 02

Canonical Ideal Classical Gas

09:15
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Part 03

Particle Exchange and the Grand Canonical Ensemble

01:59
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Part 04

Derivation of the Grand Canonical Distribution

06:05
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Part 05

Grand Partition Functions and Notation

05:46
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Part 06

Fugacity and the Cluster Expansion

04:43
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Part 07

Density Fluctuations and Compressibility

04:42
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Part 08

Grand Canonical Ideal Gas

07:23
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Part 09

Cold-Atom Subsystems and Fluctuation Thermometry

03:25
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Part 10

Ensemble Summary and the Limits of Expansions

08:45
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Part 11

Integrability, Glasses, and Broken Ergodicity

06:51
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Part 12

Microscopic Systems and Macroscopic Reservoirs

02:27
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Part 13

Collision, Relaxation, and Observation Times

01:51
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Part 14

Examples of Fluctuation–Dissipation Relations

01:13
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Part 15

Symmetry in Statistical Mechanics

01:48
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Part 16

Critical Phenomena and Universality

01:16
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Part 17

Information Theory and Maximum Entropy

02:07
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Part 18

Monte Carlo and Finite-Size Scaling

03:43
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Part 19

Beyond Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics

00:24
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Part 20

Quantum Statistical Mechanics Preview

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