Lecture
Statistical Physics and Computer Simulation for CSE
Prof. Philippe H. Hünenberger / FS25
Spring semester 2025 (FS25)
17 February – 30 May 2025 (Excl. Easter Break: 21-25 April)
Lectures
Thursdays, 09.45-11.30, HPT C103 , ETH Hönggerberg (14x2 hours), the recorded lectures can be found in the ETHZ videoportal (note that they usually appear there with some delay)
Lecturer
Prof. Dr. Philippe H. Hünenberger, , www.csms.ethz.ch
Lecture Notes
The slides of each lecture in pdf format will be available on the web site latest in the evening preceding a lecture (see documents page)
| lecture | week | date | lecturer | theme | exercise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 08 | 20.02.2025 | PH | Introduction | E1 |
| 2 | 09 | 27.02.2025 | PH | Classical Mechanics | E1 |
| 3 | 10 | 06.03.2025 | PH | Quantum Mechanics | E2 |
| 4 | 11 | 13.03.2025 | PH | Phenomenological Thermodynamics | E3 |
| 5 | 12 | 20.03.2025 | PH | Combinatorics and Statistics | E4 |
| 6 | 13 | 27.03.2025 | PH | Statistical Mechanics Part I | E5 |
| 7 | 14 | 03.04.2025 | PH | Molecular Dynamics Simulation Part I | E6 |
| 8 | 15 | 10.04.2025 | PH | Molecular Dynamics Simulation Part II | E7+E9 |
| 9 | 16 | 17.04.2025 | PH | Monte Carlo Sampling and Stochastic Dynamics | E8+E9 |
| - | 17 | 24.04.2025 | - | Easter Break (No Lecture) | - |
| - | 18 | 01.05.2025 | - | Tag der Arbeit (No Lecture) | P# |
| 10 | 18 | - | PH | Calculation of Properties from Simulations (VIDEO!) | - |
| 11 | 19 | 08.05.2025 | PH | Statistical Mechanics Part II | P# |
| 12 | 20 | 15.05.2025 | PH | Free-Energy Calculations | P# |
| - | 21 | 22.05.2025 | PH | Student Presentations (First Part) | P# |
| - | 22 | 29.05.2025 | - | Auffahrt (No Lecture) | - |
Lecture number, calendar week, date, lecturer (PH=Hunenberger,SR=Riniker), theme, exercise taking place after the lecture