Monte Carlo Simulation in Statistical Physics An Introduction /

• Main Authors: Binder, Kurt. (Author), Heermann, Dieter W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Graduate Texts in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Chemistry, Physical organic.; Mathematical physics.; Thermodynamics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Physical Chemistry.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Numerical and Computational Physics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03163-2

Monte Carlo Simulation in Statistical Physics deals with the computer simulation of many-body systems in condensed-matter physics and related fields of physics, chemistry and beyond, to traffic flows, stock market fluctuations, etc.). Using random numbers generated by a computer, probability distrib...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Purpose and Scope of This Volume, and Some General Comments
• Theoretical Foundation of the Monte Carlo Method and Its Application in Statistical Physics
• Guide to Practical Work with the Monte Carlo Method
• Some Important Recent Developments of the Monte Carlo Methodology
• Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations: An Introduction
• Monte Carlo Methods for the Sampling of Free Energy Landscapes.