Monte Carlo methods in statistical physics (Topics in current physics) - Hardcover

Kurt Binder

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0387090185 ISBN 13: 9780387090184

Publisher: Springer-Verlag, 1979

Synopsis

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 distributions are calculated, allowing the estimation of the thermodynamic properties of various systems. This book describes the theoretical background to several variants of these Monte Carlo methods and gives a systematic presentation from which newcomers can learn to perform such simulations and to analyze their results. This fourth edition has been updated and a new chapter on Monte Carlo simulation of quantum-mechanical problems has been added. To help students in their work a special web server has been installed to host programs and discussion groups (http://wwwcp.tphys.uni-heidelberg.de). Prof. Binder was the winner of the Berni J. Alder CECAM Award for Computational Physics 2001.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Publication date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387090185
• ISBN 13: 9780387090184
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 376