Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics VIII

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

An Introduction.- I Classical Systems.- Modern Series Analysis Techniques and the Relation to Monte-Carlo Results on Similar Models.- Applications of Finite-Size-Scaling Techniques to the Simulation of Critical Fluids.- Growth and Etching of GaAs(001).- Monte-Carlo Simulations of Phase Transitions in Frustrated Antiferromagnets.- Simulation of Ionic Surfaces from an Absolutely Convergent Solution of the Madelung Problem.- II Quantum Systems.- Parallel Molecular-Dynamics Simulations of Amorphous Materials.- Monte-Carlo Calculation of Quantum J1 - J2 Model on the Square Lattice.- Evaluation of Dynamical Spectra for T = 0 Quantum Monte-Carlo Simulations: Hubbard Lattices and Continuous Systems.- III Contributed Papers.- Non-frustrated Ferromagnetic Ising Model on the Quasiperiodic Octagonal Tiling: Finite-Size Behaviour.- A Monte-Carlo Calculation of the Renormalized Coupling Constant for the Three Dimensional Ising Model Using Improved Estimators.- Molecular Dynamics Computer Simulation of Cooling Rate Effects in a Lennard-Jones Glass.- Coadsorption of Copper and Sulfate on Au(111) Electrodes: Monte-Carlo Simulation of a Lattice-Gas Model.- Phase Transitions in Multicomponent Widom-Rowlinson Models.- Localization Transition in Quantum Percolation.- Vortex Motion in the Two-Dimensional Heisenberg Easy Plane Model.- Thoughts on Interactive Simulation.- First Versus Second Order Phase Transitions in the Three-Dimensional Three-State Potts Model in Random Fields.- Detailed Balance Method of Chemical Potential Determination.- Monte-Carlo Simulation of the Casimir Effect in Critical Strips.- New Scheme of Hybrid Exponential Product Formulas with Applications to Quantum Monte-Carlo Simulations.- Spin Dynamics Calculations in the Two-Dimensional Classical XY-Model.- Index ofContributors.