Choose a topic: Send me the topic and rough outline before Nov. 21th.
The schedule of presentation will be established later:
12/12, 12/19
Important time of the final project
The deadline to submit the report is on the same date of the presentation. Prepare your report in PDF file and send an email to me with title 'Final_report_2024_StatMech_2_StudentID'
I will response once I receive it. If you did not receive the reply, please send another email to double check.
The format of final project
The presentation ( 20mins presentation + 5~10mins Q&A, in English, using google meet)
The fianl report( about 6 pages A4, fontsize 12, in English, in pdf)
The evaluation
The choices of topics
If you are working on topics related to statistical mechanics, you can talk about it.
If not, you can find a topic that is related to statistical mechanics. And send me the topic by Nov. 21
Followings are some possible topics if your project is not directly related to statistical mechanics.
The choices of topics (I) complex systems
Spin glasses (2021 Nobel prize in physics!)
Polymer physics (1991 Nobel prize in physics)
Percolation
Complex networks
The choices of topics (II) critical phenomena
Universality in a system
Critical phenomena in a system
Efimov states (atomic physics)
Exact solution of 2D classical Ising model
The choices of topics (III) Numerical
Classical Ising model
The exact computations
Monte Carlo algorithms (local sampling method)
Monte Carlo algorithms (Cluster algorithms)
Use those methods to calculate observables we have discussed during the course
Ref: "Statistical mechanics: algorithms and computations", by Werner Krauth
Others
Topics connect with statistical mechanics
Subject that is not explained clearly in the course or subjects that you want to dig deeper into it.
Duality
Emergent symmetry in certain systems
…
Presentation and the report
Goal: to learn stuff together!
The presentation and the report should try to answer the following questions
Define the problem. What is the topic?
Motivation: Why is it interesting?
The physics: How does the mechanism work?
What could we learn from the topic?
Introduction of the topic
Background introduction of the problem
Clear definition of the problem
Motivation(Asking yourself questions!)
Motivation: Why you choose this subject?
What is conceptually non-trivial?
Why is it theoretically interesting/useful?
Why is it experimentally interesting/useful?
Interesting/useful on its own or to other fields
How does the mechanism work?
What is the assumption?
What is the argument? How it is derived(logic with suitable details)?
What is the primary mechanism?
What implications does it give us?
What could we learn from this subject?
What are the related key concepts?
How does it connect with experiments?
How does the subject connects with other theoretical ideas?
How does the idea change previous understanding of the field?
Format of the final presentation
20mins presentation, no questions during the presentation
Usually, it means \(\lesssim\) 20 slides
After the presentation, we have Q&A for 5 to 10 mins
Sturcture of the presentation
Define the problem \(\to\) Motivation \(\to\) the physics \(\to\) What we have learned
Explain the idea using the simplest non-trivial example
Use the simplest non-trivial example to explain more complicated cases
A summary on the subject from the bigger scope. (Think about the meaning of the result to the community)
Format of the final report
About 6 pages A4 paper.
Font size 12
Try to explain things such that people can learn. Do not use information to overload your reader.
If you need to use equations, show the key equations and explain the logic that connects those key equations. Not all the details.
Simplest criteria: a document that is helpful to educate yourself efficiently.
Details of the final report
Should contain the following information:
Motivation: Why should we spend our time to learn it?
Mechanism: How does it work? What are the key assumptions? How to go from the assumptions to the conclusion?
How it is related to other problems in a more general scope? Does it trigger further scientific questions? Does it build connections between two different areas?
The evaluation
For the presentation: mutual evaluation (20%). Detailed evaluation sheet will be provided later.
For the report: I will give a score (20%)
We just use A,B,C to evaluate the presentation
A: Excellent
B: OK
C: Needs improvement
Evaluation of the presentation
Logical structure
Content of the talk
Presentation clarity
Q&A
Do you feel you learn something?
Evaluation of the presentation
Logical structure
Assumptions, implications,…
Can the speaker tell a story or give a full picture about the subject?
Background introduction, motivation, reviews of previous works, key idea/concepts, conclusion
Can the speaker cover the points in the outline properly?
Evaluation of the presentation
Content of the talk
Experiment, theory, numerics
Calarity: Can the audiance understand the speaker? Can the speaker
Summarize the key conclusions of the relevant references?
Describe the setting/meaning of the previous results?
Connects the key ideas clearly?
Evaluation of the presentation
The presentation clearity
Readable font size
Clearly identify the key information.
Using visual aids (Figures, simple tables, schematic plots)
Evaluation of the presentation
The Q&A section
Can the speaker understand the question from the audiance?
Did the speaker answer the questions properly?
Do you feel you learn something?
As an audiance, do you feel you learn new things?
Evaluation of the report
Similar with the presentation, but have more room to describe the subtle ideas or build further connections with different subjects.
Statistical mechanics (II) final project 2024, Fall
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