Job Description

Date Posted: 11/04/2022
Req ID: 28280
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Dept of Physics
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

Course number and title: PHY2315HS - Advanced Statistical Mechanics - Sessional Instructor (0.5 FCE) - (Emergency Posting)

Course description: Collective modes, Importance of Symmetries and Dimensionality; Introduction to phase transitions and critical phenomena; Ginzburg-Landau theory, Mean-field theory, Critical Exponents; Goldstone modes and the lower critical dimension; Fluctuations and the upper critical dimension; Universality and self-similarity, Scaling hypothesis; Kadanoff's heuristic renormalization group and exponent identities; Perturbation theory, diagrammatic expansion; Wilson's momentum space renormalization group, epsilon expansion, Wilson-Fisher fixed point.

Estimated course enrolment: 15 students

Estimated TA support: TBA hours (contingent upon enrolment)

Class schedule (Lectures): Friday 11:00am-1:00pm

The delivery method for this course is currently in-person. Please note that, in keeping with current circumstances, the course delivery method may change as determined by the Faculty or the Department.

Sessional dates of appointment: January 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023

Salary:

Pay for half course, vacation pay included:

Sessional Lecturer I: $8,489.67
Sessional Lecturer I Long Term: $8,869.25
Sessional Lecturer II: $9,085.58
Sessional Lecturer III: $9,301.90

Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.

Minimum qualifications:

• PhD in Physics
• At least 3 years research experience in the field of theoretical condensed matter physics
• Familiarity with renormalization group theory and advanced paradigms of phase transitions

Description of duties:

• Coordination of a graduate course
• Preparation and delivery of lectures in this course
• Supervision and training of teaching assistant(s) assigned to course, including overseeing the TAs DDAH forms
• Preparation, supervision and grading of tests and examinations in accordance with University regulations; submission of final grades
• Providing scheduled office hours for academic counseling of students

Application instructions:

Applicants must submit an updated curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching in the relevant area (including student evaluations, if available), and the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form located here: as a combined pdf to the Undergraduate Coordinator ( ), Department of Physics, University of Toronto. All applicants must have a valid e-mail address.

Closing Date: 11/17/2022, 11:59PM EDT
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This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.

It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.

Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.

Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

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