Computational Approaches in Condensed-Matter Physics

Recent developments in the computational approaches of condensed matter physics are reviewed in this volume, in terms of interesting results and improvements in methodology and algorithms. The relationships between different fields are revealed by the contributors.

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Interacting many-body systems are the main subjects of research in theoretical condensed matter physics, and they are the source of both the interest and the difficulty in this field. In order to understand the macroscopic properties of matter in terms of macroscopic knowledge, many analytic and approximate methods have been introduced. The contributions to this proceedings volume focus on the most recent developments of computational approaches in condensed matter physics. Monte Carlo methods and molecular dynamics simulations applied to strongly correlated classical and quantum systems such as electron systems, quantum spin systems, spin glasses, coupled map systems, polymers and other random and complex systems are reviewed. The volume explains why computational approaches are necessary and how different fields are related to each other.