Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics XIII

This volume is a "status report" based on the presentations and discussions which took place during the 13th Annual Workshop on Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics at the Center for Simulational Physics at the University of Georgia in February 2000. It provides a broad overview of the most recent advances in the field, spanning a wide range of topical areas in simulational condensed-matter physics. These include recent developments in the simulations of classical statistical mechanics models, electronic structure calculations, quantum Monte Carlo simulations, and simulations of polymers. New physical results and novel simulational data analysis methods are presented. TOC:From the contents: 1 Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics, 2 Spin Dynamics and Non-Collinearity in Molecules and Crystals, 3 Ground State Properties of the J1-J2 Heisenberg Model, 4 Solving Sign Problems with Meron Algorithms, 5 Low-Temperature Thermodynamics of Quantum Systems, 6 The Dynamical Cluster Approximation, 7 A Parallel Algorithm for Groundstate Search, 8 Simulation of Quantum Computers, 9 Avoiding a Pitfall in Dynamically Optimized Monte Carlo, 10 Morphological Image Analysis, 11 An n-fold Way Algorithm for the Heisenberg Model, 12 First-Principles Simulations of Oxygen Defects in Silicon, 13 Blocking and Persistence in the Disordered Ising Model, ... 17 Domain-Wall Free nergy of Spin-Galss Models, ... 20 Simulational Study on Phase Transition Using Dynamical Behavior, ... 24 Langevin Dynamics Simulations of Polymers Near Fluctuating Surfaces, 25 Lattice Models of Amphiphilic Fluid Hydrodynamics, 26 Emergent Behavior in Many-Particle Systems.