Monte Carlo Simulation in Statistical Physics

Kurt Binder,Dieter W. Heermann,K. Binder,D. W. Heermann,

ISBN 10: 3540432213 / ISBN 13: 9783540432210

Published by Springer Verlag, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Monte Carlo Simulation in Statistical Physics
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540432213
• ISBN 13: 9783540432210
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: Good

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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.

About the Author

Kurt Binder is Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Physics and Gutenberg Fellow at the Institut fur Physik, Johannes Gutenberg Universitat, Mainz, Germany.