Ebook: Applications of the Monte Carlo Method in Statistical Physics
- Tags: Thermodynamics, Statistical Physics Dynamical Systems and Complexity, Physical Chemistry, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Magnetism Magnetic Materials
- Series: Topics in Current Physics 36
- Year: 1984
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Monte Carlo computer simulations are now a standard tool in scientific fields such as condensed-matter physics, including surface-physics and applied-physics problems (metallurgy, diffusion, and segregation, etc. ), chemical physics, including studies of solutions, chemical reactions, polymer statistics, etc. , and field theory. With the increasing ability of this method to deal with quantum-mechanical problems such as quantum spin systems or many-fermion problems, it will become useful for other questions in the fields of elementary-particle and nuclear physics as well. The large number of recent publications dealing either with applications or further development of some aspects of this method is a clear indication that the scientific community has realized the power and versatility of Monte Carlo simula tions, as well as of related simulation techniques such as "molecular dynamics" and "Langevin dynamics," which are only briefly mentioned in the present book. With the increasing availability of recent very-high-speed general-purpose computers, many problems become tractable which have so far escaped satisfactory treatment due to prac tical limitations (too small systems had to be chosen, or too short averaging times had to be used). While this approach is admittedly rather expensive, two cheaper alternatives have become available, too: (i) array or vector processors specifical ly suited for wide classes of simulation purposes; (ii) special purpose processors, which are built for a more specific class of problems or, in the extreme case, for the simulation of one single model system.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
A Simple Introduction to Monte Carlo Simulation and Some Specialized Topics....Pages 1-36
Recent Developments in the Simulation of Classical Fluids....Pages 37-91
Monte Carlo Studies of Critical and Multicritical Phenomena....Pages 93-123
Few-and Many-Fermion Problems....Pages 125-143
Simulations of Polymer Models....Pages 145-180
Simulation of Diffusion in Lattice Gases and Related Kinetic Phenomena....Pages 181-221
Roughening and Melting in Two Dimensions....Pages 223-240
Monte Carlo Studies of “Random” Systems....Pages 241-275
Monte Carlo Calculations in Lattice Gauge Theories....Pages 277-297
Back Matter....Pages 299-314
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
A Simple Introduction to Monte Carlo Simulation and Some Specialized Topics....Pages 1-36
Recent Developments in the Simulation of Classical Fluids....Pages 37-91
Monte Carlo Studies of Critical and Multicritical Phenomena....Pages 93-123
Few-and Many-Fermion Problems....Pages 125-143
Simulations of Polymer Models....Pages 145-180
Simulation of Diffusion in Lattice Gases and Related Kinetic Phenomena....Pages 181-221
Roughening and Melting in Two Dimensions....Pages 223-240
Monte Carlo Studies of “Random” Systems....Pages 241-275
Monte Carlo Calculations in Lattice Gauge Theories....Pages 277-297
Back Matter....Pages 299-314
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