Guide to Monte Carlo Simulations in Statistical Physics

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Some Necessary Background; 3. Simple Sampling Monte Carlo Methods; 4. Importance Sampling Monte Carlo Methods; 5. More on Importance Sampling Monte Carlo Methods for Lattice Systems; 6. Off-Lattice Models; 7. Reweighting Methods; 8. Quantum Monte Carlo Methods; 9. Monte Carlo Renormalization Group Methods; 10. Non-Equilibrium and Irreversible Processes; 11. Lattice Gauge Models: A Brief Introduction; 12. A Brief Review of Other Methods of Computer Simulation; 13. Monte Carlo Simulations at the Periphery of Physics and Beyond; 14. Monte Carlo Studies of Biological Molecules; 15. Emerging Trends; Index.

About the author

David P. Landau is the Distinguished Research Professor of Physics and founding Director of the Center for Simulational Physics at the University of Georgia, USA.Kurt Binder is Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Physics and Gutenberg Fellow at the Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany.

Product details

• Authors: Kurt Binder, Kurt (Johannes Gutenberg Universitat Mainz Binder, Kurt (Johannes Gutenberg Universitat Mainz Germany) Binder, Binder Kurt, Landau David Landau, Landau Kurt Binder David Landau, Binder Kurt Binder, David Landau, David (University of Georgia) Landau, David (University of Georgia) Binder Landau, David Binder Landau
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781108490146
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49014-6
• No. of pages: 578
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Physics / General, Statistical physics