A guide to Monte Carlo simulations in statistical physics / David P. Landau, Kurt Binder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Landau, David P., author.

Binder, K. (Kurt), 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monte Carlo method--Textbooks.

Monte Carlo method.

Statistical physics--Textbooks.

Statistical physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 432 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This new and updated edition deals with all aspects of Monte Carlo simulation of complex physical systems encountered in condensed-matter physics, statistical mechanics, and related fields. After briefly recalling essential background in statistical mechanics and probability theory, it gives a succinct overview of simple sampling methods. The concepts behind the simulation algorithms are explained comprehensively, as are the techniques for efficient evaluation of system configurations generated by simulation. It contains many applications, examples, and exercises to help the reader and provides many new references to more specialized literature. This edition includes a brief overview of other methods of computer simulation and an outlook for the use of Monte Carlo simulations in disciplines beyond physics. This is an excellent guide for graduate students and researchers who use computer simulations in their research. It can be used as a textbook for graduate courses on computer simulations in physics and related disciplines.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; 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 review of other methods of computer simulation; 13 Monte Carlo methods outside of physics; 14 Outlook; Appendix; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-14038-2

0-511-19827-2

0-511-56744-8

0-511-61446-2

0-511-12945-9

OCLC:

130850104