TY - BOOK AU - Newman,M.E.J. AU - Barkema,G.T. TI - Monte Carlo methods in statistical physics SN - 0585484007 AV - QC174.85.M64 N49 1999eb U1 - 530.13 22 PY - 1999/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press KW - Monte Carlo method KW - Statistical physics KW - Méthode de Monte-Carlo KW - Physique statistique KW - SCIENCE KW - Physics KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - MATERIAIS KW - larpcal KW - MATERIAIS ELETRÔNICOS KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 410-413) and index; Equilibrium Monte Carlo simulations --; Introduction --; Statistical mechanics --; Equilibrium --; Fluctuations, correlations and responses --; example: the Ising model --; Numerical methods --; Monte Carlo simulation --; brief history of the Monte Carlo method --; Problems --; principles of equilibrium thermal Monte Carlo simulation --; estimator --; Importance sampling --; Markov processes --; Ergodicity --; Detailed balance --; Acceptance ratios --; Continuous time Monte Carlo --; Problems --; Ising model and the Metropolis algorithm --; Metropolis algorithm --; Implementing the Metropolis algorithm --; Equilibration --; Measurement --; Autocorrelation functions --; Correlation times and Markov matrices --; Calculation of errors --; Estimation of statistical errors --; blocking method --; bootstrap method --; jackknife method --; Systematic errors --; Measuring the entropy --; Measuring correlation functions --; actual calculation --; phase transition --; Critical fluctuations and critical showing down --; Problems --; Other algorithms for the Ising model --; Critical exponents and their measurement --; Wolff algorithm --; Acceptance ratio for a cluster algorithm --; Properties of the Wolff algorithm --; correlation time and the dynamic exponent --; dynamic exponent and the susceptibility --; Further algorithms for the Ising model --; Swendsen -- Wang algorithm --; Niedermayer's algorithm --; Multigrid methods --; invaded cluster algorithm --; Other spin models --; Potts models --; Cluster algorithms for Potts models --; Continuous spin models --; Problems --; conserved-order-parameter Ising model --; Kawasaki algorithm --; Simulation of interfaces --; More efficient algorithms --; continuous time algorithm --; Equilibrium crystal shapes --; Problems --; Disordered spin models --; Glassy systems --; random-field Ising model --; Spin glasses UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=98492 ER -