Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics II : New Directions Proceedings of the Second Workshop, Athens, GA, USA, February 20–24, 1989

A Broad Overview Of Recent Developments In Computer Simulation Studies Of Condensed Matter Systems Is Provided In This Book. Both Classical And Quantum Systems Are Discussed. The Contributions Present New Physical Results And Describe New Simulation Techniques And Novel Ways Of Interpreting Simulational Data. Topics Covered Include: - Parallelization And Vectorization - Cellular Automata, Fractals And Aggregation - Damage Spreading - Molecular Dynamics Of Proteins And Rotating Molecules In Solids - Quantum Monte Carlo Studies Of Strongly Correlated Electron Systems Edited By David P. Landau, K. K. Mon, Heinz-bernd Schüttler. Front Matter....Pages I-VIII New Directions: An Introduction....Pages 1-2 Front Matter....Pages 3-3 Thoughts on Vectorized Algorithms for Molecular Dynamics....Pages 4-15 Parallelization of Computational Physics Algorithms....Pages 16-25 Classification and Exponents of Cellular Automata....Pages 26-33 Mass Multifractality in Cluster Growth Models....Pages 34-44 Noise Reduction in DLA....Pages 45-55 Damage Spreading....Pages 56-67 Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Proteins and Protein-Protein Complexes....Pages 68-84 Computer Simulation of Rotating Molecules in Condensed Phases....Pages 85-98 Novel Contexts of Computer Simulation....Pages 99-113 Front Matter....Pages 115-115 Monte Carlo Studies of Many-Electron Systems....Pages 116-136 Universal Reduction of T c in Strong Coupling Superconductors due to Anderson/Kondo Impurities....Pages 137-149 Front Matter....Pages 151-151 New Interfacial Phenomena in a Driven Diffusive System....Pages 152-156 Spin Dynamics of Cuprate Superconductors: Exact Results from Numerical Continued Fraction Expansions....Pages 157-162 Statistical Mechanics in Optimization Problems....Pages 163-168 Structural Anisotropy of Aggregation Clusters....Pages 169-172 Monte Carlo Studies of Spinodal Decomposition in the 2d Kinetic Ising Model....Pages 173-178 Histogram Methods for Monte Carlo Data Analysis....Pages 179-183 Theoretical Models for Adsorption and Diffusion of In on Cu(100)....Pages 184-188 Back Matter....Pages 189-189