Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics Xiii: Proceedings of the Thirteenth Workshop Athens, Ga, Usa, February 21-25, 2000

by Landau, David P.; Lewis, S. P.; Schuttler, H. B.

• ISBN13: 9783540411901
• ISBN10: 3540411909
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This volume is a "status report" based on the presentations and discussions which took place during the 13th Annual Workshop on Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics at the Center for Simulational Physics at the University of Georgia in February 2000. It provides a broad overview of the most recent advances in the field, spanning a wide range of topical areas in simulational condensed-matter physics. These include recent developments in the simulations of classical statistical mechanics models, electronic structure calculations, quantum Monte Carlo simulations, and simulations of polymers. New physical results and novel simulational data analysis methods are presented.

Table of Contents

Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics: An Introduction	1	(6)
D. P. Landau
S. P. Lewis
H. B. Schuttler
Part I Interacting Quantum Systems
Spin Dynamics and Noncollinearity in Molecules and Crystals	7	(17)
V.P. Antropov
Ground State Properties of the J1--J2 Heisenberg Model: A GFMCSR Study	24	(4)
L. Capriotti
S. Sorella
Solving Sign Problems with Meron Algorithms	28	(15)
S. Chandrasekharan
J. Osborn
Low-Temperature Thermodynamics of Quantum Systems	43	(10)
C.S. Hellberg
The Dynamical Cluster Approximation: A New Technique for Simulations of Strongly Correlated Electron Systems	53	(18)
S. Moukouri
C. Huscroft
M. Jarrell
Part II Methodology and Algorithms
A Parallel Algorithm for Groundstate Search	71	(5)
J. Adler
A. Berengolts
Simulation of Quantum Computers	76	(5)
H. De Raedt
K. Michielsen
A.H. Hams
S. Miyashita
K. Saito
Avoiding a Pitfall in Dynamically Optimized Monte Carlo Method	81	(6)
M. Fasnacht
R. H. Swendsen
Morphological Image Analysis	87	(5)
K. Michielsen
H. De Raedt
T. Kawakatsu
An n-Fold Algorithm for the Heisenberg Model: An Equilibrium Study	92	(9)
J. D. Munoz
M. A. Novotny
S. Mitchell
Part III Defects and Disorder
First-Principles Simulation of Oxygen Defects in Silicon	101	(10)
R. M. Nieminen
M. Pesola
Y.-J. Lee
J. von Boehm
Blocking and Persistence in the Disordered Ising Model	111	(7)
S. Jain
Solution of the Multifluxline Ground State Problem in Disordered Systems	118	(5)
G. Schroder
T. Knetter
H. Rieger
Disorder-Driven Roughening Transition of Flux Lines in a Periodic Potential	123	(5)
T. Knetter
G. Schroder
H. Rieger
Non-Self A veraging Autocorrelations for Quenched Connectivity Disorder	128	(9)
W. Janke
D. A. Johnston
Part IV Glasses and Fluids
Domain-Wall Free Energy of Spin-Glass Models: An Extended Ensemble Approach	137	(16)
K. Hukushima
Equilibrating Glassy Systems with Parallel Tempering	153	(14)
W. Kob
C. Brangian
T. Stuhn
R. Yamamoto
High-Resolution Study of Fluid Criticality	167	(8)
G. Orkoulas
M. E. Fisher
A. Z. Panagiotopoulos
Part V Nonequilibrium and Dynamical Systems
Simulational Study on Phase Transition Using Dynamic Behavior	175	(8)
N. Ito
Y. Ozeki
Nonequilibrium Surface Growth and Scalability of Parallel Algorithms for Large Asynchronous Systems	183	(6)
G. Korniss
M. A. Novotny
Z. Toroczkai
P. A. Rikvold
Hysteresis in an Electrochemical System: Br Electrodeposition on Ag (100)	189	(6)
S. J. Mitchell
P. A. Rikvold
G. Brown
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Nanocrystalline Pd under Stress	195	(10)
V. Yamakov
S. R. Phillpot
D. Wolf
H. Gleiter
Part VI Polymers and Complex Systems
Langevin Dynamics Simulations of Polymers Near Fluctuating Surfaces	205	(7)
M. Laradji
Lattice Models of Amphiphilic Fluid Hydrodynamics: Simulations and Results	212	(17)
B. M. Boghosian
P. V. Coveney
Emergent Behavior in Many-Particle Systems	229
D. C. Rapaport
List of Contributors	239