Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics VII

Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics: An Introduction.- I Classical Systems.- Complexity in Rayleigh-Bénard Convection.- Numerical Zero-Temperature Results for the 3d Edwards-Anderson Ising Spin Glass.- Recent Developments in Monte-Carlo Simulations of First-Order Phase Transitions.- Statistical Dependence and Related Topics.- Dynamical Scaling of the Island-Size Distribution and Percolation in Submonolayer Molecular Beam Epitaxy.- Computer Simulation of the Structure Factor.- II Quantum Systems.- The DensityrMatrix Renormalization Group for Fermion Systems.- Simulation of the Electron-Phonon Interaction in Infinite Dimensions.- Excitation Spectra in the 1-D Hubbard Model from Quantum-Monte-Carlo Simulations.- Simulating 2d Fermions in Strong Magnetic Fields.- III Computer Security.- Computer Security in Scientific and Administrative Environments.- IV Contributed Papers.- Monte Carlo with Absorbing Markov Chains: A Faster Monte-Carlo Algorithm for Dynamical Studies.- Non-Arrhenius Conductivity in a Driven System of Interacting Lattice Gas.- Non-Equilibrium Steady States of Ising Systems.- Fourier-Accelerated Polymer Dynamics.- A Multicanonical Study of Non-Polar Amino Acids.- Classical and Quantum Two-Dimensional Fluids in the Gibbs Ensemble.- Optimization by Multicanonical Annealing and the Traveling-Salesman Problem.- Numerical Studies of Metastability in Ising Systems: Short-Range versus Long-Range Interactions.- Study of Frustrated Systems via Dissipative Maps.- Representation of Relaxation Phenomena by Lattice-Gas Models.- Some Monte-Carlo Studies of the Ising Model.- Decoupled-Cell Quantum Monte Carlo: How Should We Calculate the Energy?.- Computer Study of a d = 2 Mixed Ising Ferrimagnet.- Computational Studies of Organolithium Compounds.-Index of Contributors.

David P. Landau is the Distinguished Professor of Physics and Director of the Center for Simulational Physics at the University of Georgia.