Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics XIV: Proceedings of the Fourteenth Workshop, Athens, Ga, Usa, February 19-24, 2001

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

• ISBN13: 9783540428480
• ISBN10: 3540428488
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This is a "status report" based on the presentations and discussions which took place during the 14th Annual Workshop on Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics at the Center for Simulational Physics at the University of Georgia in February 2001. 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 simulations of classical statistical mechanics models, electronic structure calculations, quantum Monte Carlo simulations, and simulations of polymers. New physical results and novel simulational and 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 Nonequilibrium and Dynamical Behavior
Nonequilibrium Energy Transport in Multiphase System	7	(5)
T. Murakami
S. Yukawa
N. Ito
Dynamics of Dislocations in a Two-dimensional System	12	(15)
K. Kaski
A. Kuronen
M. Robles
Recent Development in Nonequilibrium Relaxation Method	27	(7)
N. Ito
S. Fukushima
H. Watanabe
Y. Ozeki
Dynamic Phase Diagram for a Periodically Driven Kinetic Ising Ferromagnet: Finite-size Scaling Evidence for the Absence of Tri-critical Point	34	(6)
G. Korniss
P.A. Rikvold
M.A. Novotny
First-Principles Parameter Estimation for Dynamic Monte Carlo of a Lattice-Gas Model	40	(7)
S.J. Mitchell
S. Wang
P.A. Rikvold
G. Brown
Part II Clusters, Films, and Interfaces
Gold Microclusters (Aun; n = 3-13): A Molecular Dynamics Computer Simulation	47	(10)
Z. El-Bayyari
On the Ground State Structure of Adsorbed Monolayers: Can One Find them by Monte Carlo Simulation?	57	(4)
A. Patrykiejew
S. Sokolowski
K. Binder
Simulation of the Early Stages of Growth on a Patterned Substrate	61	(5)
L. Nurminen
A. Kuronen
K. Kaski
Ions and Other Solutes at the Ice/Water Interface	66	(4)
E. J. Smith
A.D.J. Haymet
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Droplet Spreading Process for Metallic Phases: The Low Energy Cluster-Substrate Impacts	70	(7)
K. Kholmurodov
L. Puzynin
W. Smith
K. Yasuoka
T. Ebisuzaki
Universal Expression for Blocking Cone Size in Low Energy Ion Scattering Based on MD Simulations	77	(8)
A. Kutana
I.L. Bolotin
J. W. Rabalais
Part III Phase Transitions
Critical Phenomena at the Surface of Systems Undergoing a Bulk First Order Transition: Are They Understood?	85	(12)
K. Binder
F.F. Haas
F. Schmid
Analysis of the Density of Partition Function Zeroes: A Measure for Phase Transition Strength	97	(5)
W. Janke
R. Kenna
The Spectrum of Eigenvalues in the Renormalization Group Theory of Phase Transitions	102	(11)
R.H Swendsen
Part IV New Methods and Approaches
Methods for Computing Density of States for Statistical Mechanical Models	113	(10)
J.-S. Wang
New Cluster Method for the Ising Model	123	(11)
H.G. Evertz
H.M. Erkinger
W. von der Linden
Low Temperature Dynamic Monte Carlo Simulations with a Phonon Heat Bath for Square-Lattice Ising Ferromagnets	134	(6)
K. Park
M.A. Novotny
Applications of the Probability-Changing Cluster Algorithm and Related Problems	140	(14)
Y. Okabe
Y. Tomita
C. Yamaguchi
Exponential Product Computing-Scheme for Time-Dependent Interactions Including the Kohn-Sham Hamiltonian	154	(6)
M. Suzuki
Visualization and Real-Time Collaboration over Internet-2	160	(9)
J. Adler
A. Hashibon
G. Wagner
Part V Quantum Systems / Electronic Structure
Chiral Symmetry Versus the Lattice	169	(13)
M. Creutz
The Stochastic Series Expansion Method for Quantum Lattice Models	182	(6)
A.W. Sandvik
Superconductivity with a Meron-Cluster Algorithm	188	(6)
J.C. Osborn
Advances in the Investigation of the Minus Sign Problem for the Fermionic Case	194	(6)
H.-G. Matuttis
N. Ito
New Variational States for t - J Ladders	200	(4)
J. Amadon
S.R. White
Ab-initio Study of the Ground-State Phase Diagram of the Icosahedral Ti-Zr-Ni Quasicrystal	204	(5)
R.G. Hennig
K.F. Kelton
C.L. Henley
Geometric Theory of Stress Fields for Quantum Systems at Finite Temperature	209	(8)
C.L. Rogers
A.M. Rappe
Part VI Polymers and Complex Systems
Phase Behavior of Binary Polymer Blends in Thin Films	217	(18)
M. Muller
Statistics of an Age Structured Population with Two Competing Species: Analytic and Monte Carlo Studies	235	(20)
R.K.P. Zia
R.J. Astalos
Including Hydrodynamic Interactions in Acicular Models of Magnetic Colloids	255	(5)
R. Kutteh
P.B. Visscher
Simulation of the Dynamics of Polymers in Solution via a Hybrid Molecular Dynamics-Lattice Boltzmann Scheme	260	(5)
B. Dunweg
P. Ahlrichs
R. Everaers
Frustrated Spring-Network Model for Crosslinked Polymer Surfaces	265	(5)
G.M. Buendia
S.J. Mitchell
P.A. Rikvold
The Wonderful World of Granular Ratchets	270	(5)
D.C. Rapaport
List of Contributors	275