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Title:
Computer simulations in condensed matter systems : from materials to chemical biology
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Lecture notes in physics, 703-704
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Berlin : Springer, 2006
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v.
ISBN:
9783540352709

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Summary

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.


Table of Contents

G. Ciccotti and K. Binder and M. FerrarioE. LuijtenN.B. WildingM. Muller and J.J. de PabloD. PrenkelJ.B. Abrams and M.E. Tuckerman and G.J. MartynaA. Arnold and B.A.F. Mann and Christian HolmR. VuilleumierJ. Vande Vondele and M. Iannuzzi and J. HutterA. Laio and M. ParrinelloC. Dellago and P. G. Bolhuis and P.L. GeisslerP.G. BolhuisR. ElberE. Vanden-EijndenE. Meerbach and E. Dittmer and I. Horenko and C. SchutteR. Kapral and G. CiccottiD.F. Coker and S. BonellaS. Trebst and M. TroyerC. Pierleoni and D.M. CeperleyA. Alavi and A.J.W. Thom
Introduction: Condensed Matter Theory by Computer Simulationp. 1
Introduction to Cluster Monte Carlo Algorithmsp. 13
Generic Sampling Strategies for Monte Carlo Simulation of Phase Behaviourp. 39
Simulation Techniques for Calculating Free Energiesp. 67
Waste-Recycling Monte Carlop. 127
Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics, Non-Hamiltonian Molecular Dynamics, and Novel Applications from Resonance-Free Timesteps to Adiabatic Free Energy Dynamicsp. 139
Simulating Charged Systems with ESPResSop. 193
Density Functional Theory Based Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Using the Car-Parrinello Approachp. 223
Large Scale Condensed Matter Calculations using the Gaussian and Augmented Plane Waves Methodp. 287
Computing Free Energies and Accelerating Rare Events with Metadynamicsp. 315
Transition Path Sampling Methodsp. 349
Sampling Kinetic Protein Folding Pathways using All-Atom Modelsp. 393
Calculation of Classical Trajectories with Boundary Value Formulationp. 435
Transition Path Theoryp. 453
Multiscale Modelling in Molecular Dynamics: Biomolecular Conformations as Metastable Statesp. 495
Transport Coefficients of Quantum-Classical Systemsp. 519
Linearized Path Integral Methods for Quantum Time Correlation Functionsp. 553
Ensemble Optimization Techniques for Classical and Quantum Systemsp. 591
The Coupled Electron-Ion Monte Carlo Methodp. 641
Path Resummations and the Fermion Sign Problemp. 685
Indexp. 705