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Just dropped my latest #StatisticalMechanics lecture on YouTube! 🔥 I explore how the thermodynamics of work and heat align with the statistical mechanical view. Check the fascinating consistency between macro and micro worlds. Watch now: youtu.be/Zt4G0VLSx9A #Thermodynamics #Physics #Education #UofT
Statistical Mechanics Lec 3_2
YouTube video by Prof von Lilienfeld
youtu.be
January 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
profvlilienfeld.bsky.social
Explore the dance of molecules! 💃📷 We estimate the rotational and vibrational partition functions for diatomic molecules, connecting QM to thermodynamics, using closed form integrals over states. youtu.be/bkyZb0jRhGY #StatisticalMechanics #PhysChem
@uoft.bsky.social @chemuoft.bsky.social
Statistical Mechanics 6_2
YouTube video by Prof von Lilienfeld
youtu.be
February 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
informaq.bsky.social
Researchers establish exact correspondence between microscopic quantum systems and arbitrary deep ReLU networks, proving ReLU activation patterns emerge from first-order phase transitions in fermionic transport models at zero temperature.

#QuantumComputing #NeuralNetworks #StatisticalMechanics
Exact Realization of Deep ReLU Neural Networks in Quantum Statistical-Mechanical Systems
arxiv.org
September 22, 2026 at 4:17 AM
profvlilienfeld.bsky.social
Unlock #StatisticalMechanics 101: internal energy, showcasing the partition function of the ideal gas, and then revealing the magic behind calculating pressure. Watch now: youtu.be/3hW33VjI_CY?... #Physics #Thermodynamics #Education @uoft.bsky.social @chemuoft.bsky.social
Statistical Mechanics Lec 3_1
YouTube video by Prof von Lilienfeld
youtu.be
January 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
felicityinkpen.bsky.social
One of the artworks that has left my studio recently, part of the fluid dynamics series.
Instability in Orange and Green
Oil on board
2024

A few artworks have left my studio recently. I'll post about them here over the coming days.

#fluiddynamics #statisticalmechanics #complexfluids
January 20, 2025 at 7:23 AM
fromtheskyresearch.bsky.social
Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2603.23539
GitHub: github.com/burcgokden/P...
Weights: huggingface.co/fromthesky

#AIPhysics #StatisticalMechanics #LLMs #ComplexityScience #MachineLearning #SelfOrganizedCriticality #PLDRLLM
March 27, 2026 at 9:20 AM
boblynn.bsky.social
Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva: The Physicist Einstein Wouldn't Publish - How Thirty Years of Rigorous Work on Thermodynamic Foundations Remained Hidden in Plain Sight
voxmeditantis.com/2025/11/24/t...

#WomenInSTEM #STEM #StatisticalMechanics #Thermodynamics #Entropy
Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva: The Physicist Einstein Wouldn’t Publish – How Thirty Years of Rigorous Work on Thermodynamic Foundations Remained Hidden in Plain Sight
Tatyana Afanasyeva co-authored physics’ most influential encyclopedia article on statistical mechanics, yet history credits her husband alone. After his death, she spent thirty years developi…
voxmeditantis.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
cuckoo206.bsky.social
audio from Prof. Preskill's lecture on #statisticalmechanics
#caltech
#sims2
December 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
proceedingsmdpi.bsky.social
Nested Sampling for Exploring Lennard-Jones Clusters
www.mdpi.com/2673-9984/12...

By Lune Maillard et al.
From the 43rd International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering

#StatisticalMechanics #NestedSampling #LennardJones
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
scipython.bsky.social
A new article about deducing the vibrational parameters we and wexe of a diatomic molecule from its experimental heat capacity as a function of temperature using #Python scipython.com/chem/article...
#StatisticalMechanics#Thermodynamics#PhysicalChemistry
December 24, 2023 at 10:26 PM
hydezero-message.bsky.social
Paid guide: derive N^(3/2) from Fermi-gas state counting, track the square-root factor, and examine why certain models depart from an Airy form. Includes boundary corrections and ideas for finite-N checks.

https://note.com/hydezero/n/n973ba00c0970?hl=en
#TheoreticalPhysics #StatisticalMechanics
Concept illustration of a gold polygon and a smooth teal closed curve on a dark blue-green background. A gold band highlights the gap between the boundaries, with glowing points inside. Evokes state counting and boundary corrections; not a numerical result.
September 24, 2026 at 3:09 AM
hesgen.com
References to the weaponisation of social media with AI, and the emerging "intention economy", prompt me to dig out my archive of papers on the statistical mechanics of human behaviour.

#IntentionEconomy #AI #StatisticalMechanics #psychology
AI tools may soon manipulate people’s online decision-making, say researchers
Study predicts an ‘intention economy’ where companies bid for accurate predictions of human behaviour
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2024 at 9:16 AM
tristancarmeci.bsky.social
I have started a physical chemistry playlist on my YouTube channel in which we go into the details behind understanding the #quantumphysics and #statisticalmechanics of chemicals. Understanding waves and how we can programmatically code them is extremely useful for this understanding.
August 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
matrix-inst.bsky.social
It has been the pleasure of MATRIX and the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) to host the PhD Student Symposium on Mathematical Structures in Statistical Mechanics at MATRIX this week!
www.matrix-inst.org.au/events/phd-s...
#Mathematics #StatisticalMechanics #PhD #Research
April 3, 2025 at 3:27 AM
msuzen.bsky.social
Differentiating Ergodicity of von Neumann-Birkhoff and Gibbs-Boltzmann is now resolved

Ergodicity detection algorithms
arxiv.org/html/2508.08...
Code:
github.com/msuzen/resea...

#statisticalmechanics #boltzmann #gibbs #ergodicity

cc @stevenstrogatz.com @stephenwolfram.bsky.social
research/ergodicity_symbolic_dynamics at main · msuzen/research
Memo's research works. Contribute to msuzen/research development by creating an account on GitHub.
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August 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
informaq.bsky.social
Bosonic photon gases in programmable microcavities exhibit universal occupation statistics shaped by entropy-energy competition, with the two-mode case producing the Gauss–Kuzmin distribution from metric number theory.

#PhotonicQuantum #StatisticalMechanics #Thermodynamics
Entropic Occupation Statistics in Disordered Photonic Resonators
iq.fp2.dev
August 11, 2026 at 7:36 AM
rekonquest.bsky.social
#ComputationalScience #FormalMethods #MathematicalPhysics #Physics #TheoreticalPhysics #QuantumMechanics #StatisticalMechanics #ChaosTheory #FOSS #DigitalPrivacy
Promotional card for "Atom Telemetry Blocker", an open-source Rust privacy tool for Windows. Top labels: "Open Source" (purple), "Rust" (amber), "Windows" (green), "Privacy Tool" (gray). Large title: "ATOM TELEMETRY BLOCKER" with "BLOCKER" highlighted in purple, followed by a horizontal rule. Tagline: "Garble the data, keep the encryption, break the tracking." Body text explains that Microsoft's telemetry services read registry values to build a permanent device fingerprint (the GDID), and that the tool's chaos-high mode randomizes those values on a 500ms cycle, so the encrypted HTTPS still flows but decrypts to random noise. Footer: GitHub URL "github.com/Lucerna-Labs/atom-telemetry-blocker" with the attribution "by Lucerna Labs · Rust + Windows + chaos." A small 6x6 grid in the upper-right corner visualizes the contrast: the left half is uniform gray ("telemetry"), the right half is randomized purple, red, and amber ("chaos").
August 2, 2026 at 1:37 AM
informaq.bsky.social
Technical refutation showing proposed entropy derivation kB ln N! from environmental records doesn't follow from stated mathematics. Corrected canonical and fugacity-based formulations provided; key results invalidated.

#QuantumInformationTheory #StatisticalMechanics #Research
Critique of Statistical Mechanics Claims from Quantum Envariance and Exchange Symmetry
arxiv.org
July 15, 2026 at 7:18 AM
alanmaioli.bsky.social
⚛️🧪 Our scope covers (but not limited to):
🔹 Integrable vs chaotic dynamics
🔹 Quantum algebras & groups
🔹 Spin chains
🔹 Exact scattering & S-matrices
🔹 Statistical mechanics
🔹 Quantum info & computation

#QuantumInformation #StatisticalMechanics #PhysicsResearch
April 7, 2026 at 5:31 PM
davidgrayless.bsky.social
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B is a #peerreviewed #scientificJournal that covers research on several fields of material chemistry (macromolecules, soft matter, and #surfactants) as well as #statisticalMechanics, #thermodynamics, and #biophysicalChemistry.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
March 20, 2026 at 11:09 AM
msuzen.bsky.social
I am pleased to see that even after 10 years later, R ecosystem is superbly reproducible in a field like statistical physics.

#R #R-lang #statisticalmechanics
October 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
proceedingsmdpi.bsky.social
Exploring Quantized Entropy Production Strength in Mesoscopic Irreversible Thermodynamics
www.mdpi.com/2673-9984/12...

By Giorgio Sonnino
From the MaxEnt 2024 Conference

#Mesoscopic #Physics #StatisticalMechanics
October 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
sciencehumor-io.bsky.social
Time Travel Validation For Boltzmann

#Boltzmann #Statisticalmechanics #Physics #Atoms #Timetravel

https://sciencehumor.io/physics-memes/time-travel-validation-for-boltzmann-8hle
Time Travel Validation For Boltzmann
March 13, 2026 at 3:01 AM
sciencehumor-io.bsky.social
The Most Terrifying Physics Introduction Ever

#Thermodynamics #Statisticalmechanics #Physics #Textbook #Darkhumor

https://sciencehumor.io/physics-memes/the-most-terrifying-physics-introduction-ever-1paw
The Most Terrifying Physics Introduction Ever
September 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
sciencehumor-io.bsky.social
Every Time, Man: The Statistical Physicist's Nightmare

#Statisticalphysics #Ergodicity #Physicshumor #Thermodynamics #Statisticalmechanics

https://sciencehumor.io/physics-memes/every-time-man-the-statistical-physicists-nightmare-3vvz
Every Time, Man: The Statistical Physicist's Nightmare
July 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM