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A guide to Monte Carlo simulations in statistical physics / David P. Landau, Kurt Binder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Landau, David P.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Monte Carlo method.
- Statistical physics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (398 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Monte Carlo simulations in statistical physics
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book deals with all aspects of Monte Carlo simulation of complex physical systems encountered in condensed-matter physics and statistical mechanics as well as in related fields, for example polymer science and lattice gauge theory. It includes many applications, examples, and exercises throughout.
- Contents:
- Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Some necessary background; 3 Simple sampling Monte Carlo methods; 4 Importance sampling Monte Carlo methods; 5 More on importance sampling Monte Carlo methods for lattice systems; 6 Off-lattice models; 7 Reweighting methods; 8 Quantum Monte Carlo methods; 9 Monte Carlo renormalization group methods; 10 Non-equilibrium and irreversible processes; 11 Lattice gauge models: a brief introduction; 12 A brief view of other methods of computer simulation; 13 Outlook; Appendix; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-511-15122-5
- 0-511-04837-8
- OCLC:
- 475870455
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