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This comprehensive collection of lectures by leading experts in the field introduces and reviews all relevant computer simulation methods and their applications in condensed matter systems. Volume 1 is an in-depth introduction to a vast spectrum of computational techniques for statistical mechanical systems of condensed matter. Volume 2 is a collection of state-of-the-art surveys on numerical experiments carried out for a great number of systems.

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Author:   Mauro Ferrario ,  Giovanni Ciccotti ,  Kurt Binder
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   2006 ed.
Volume:   703
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.256kg
ISBN:  

9783540352709

ISBN 10:   3540352708
Pages:   712
Publication Date:   13 November 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Condensed Matter Theory by Computer Simulation.- Transition Path Sampling Methods.- Sampling Kinetic Protein Folding Pathways using All-Atom Models.- Calculation of Classical Trajectories with Boundary Value Formulation.- Transition Path Theory.- Multiscale Modelling in Molecular Dynamics: Biomolecular Conformations as Metastable States.- Transport Coefficients of Quantum-Classical Systems.- Linearized Path Integral Methods for Quantum Time Correlation Functions.- Ensemble Optimization Techniques for Classical and Quantum Systems.- The Coupled Electron-Ion Monte Carlo Method.- Path Resummations and the Fermion Sign Problem.- to Cluster Monte Carlo Algorithms.- Generic Sampling Strategies for Monte Carlo Simulation of Phase Behaviour.- Simulation Techniques for Calculating Free Energies.- Waste-Recycling Monte Carlo.- Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics, Non-Hamiltonian Molecular Dynamics, and Novel Applications from Resonance-Free Timesteps to Adiabatic Free Energy Dynamics.- Simulating Charged Systems with ESPResSo.- Density Functional Theory Based Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Using the Car-Parrinello Approach.- Large Scale Condensed Matter Calculations using the Gaussian and Augmented Plane Waves Method.- Computing Free Energies and Accelerating Rare Events with Metadynamics.

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