Applications of the Monte Carlo Method in Statistical Physics

by Kurt Binder (Editor), A. Baumgärtner (Contribution by), K. Binder (Contribution by), J.-P. Hansen (Contribution by), M.H. Kalos (Contribution by)

Overview

Deals with the computer simulation of complex physical sys-
tems encounteredin condensed-matter physics and statistical mechanics as well as in related fields such as metallurgy,
polymer research,lattice gauge theory and quantummechanics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540176503
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	05/27/1987
Series:	Topics in Current Physics , #36
Edition description:	Second Edition 1987
Pages:	341
Product dimensions:	8.27(w) x 11.69(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

1. A Simple Introduction to Monte Carlo Simulation and Some Specialized Topics.- 2. Recent Developments in the Simulation of Classical Fluids.- 3. Monte Carlo Studies of Critical and Multicritical Phenomena.- 4. Few- and Many-Fermion Problems.- 5. Simulations of Polymer Models.- 6. Simulation of Diffusion in Lattice Cases and Related Kinetic Phenomena.- 7. Roughening and Melting in Two Dimensions.- 8. Monte Carlo Studies of “Random” Systems.- 9. Monte Carlo Calculations in Lattice Gauge Theories.- 10. Recent Developments.- Additional References with Titles.