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APPPHYS 285

Physics of Disordered Systems

UNITS:3
GRADING:Letter or Credit/No Credit
LEVEL:Graduate
GER:—

Topics include types of disorder, percolation, localization, glasses and spin glasses, fractals, self-organized criticality, aggregation, gelation, and other random processes leading to disordered media.

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1 Term
Lecture 1Open
ID: 12774
0 / 30 enrolled
DAYS:Monday, Wednesday
TIME:3:30 PM – 5 PM
LOCATION:TBD
INSTRUCTOR:
Kapitulnik, Aharon
3units

APPPHYS 285: Physics of Disordered Systems

3 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit

Topics include types of disorder, percolation, localization, glasses and spin glasses, fractals, self-organized criticality, aggregation, gelation, and other random processes leading to disordered media.

Offered in Winter 2027 at Stanford University.

Winter 2027 sections

  • Lecture — Monday Wednesday 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM — Kapitulnik, Aharon (Graduate)

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