Computer Simulation Studies In Condensed-matter Physics Vii: Proceedings Of The Seventh Workshop Athens, Ga, Usa, 28 February – 4 March 1994 (springer Proceedings In Physics)

**Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics VII** provides a broad overview of recent developments. Presented at the recent workshop, it contains the invited and contributed papers which describe new physical results, simulational techniques and ways of interpreting simulational data. Both classical and quantum systems are discussed. Front Matter....Pages I-IX Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics: An Introduction....Pages 1-3 Front Matter....Pages 5-5 Complexity in Rayleigh-Bénard Convection....Pages 7-14 Numerical Zero-Temperature Results for the 3 d Edwards-Anderson Ising Spin Glass....Pages 18-28 Recent Developments in Monte-Carlo Simulations of First-Order Phase Transitions....Pages 29-43 Statistical Dependence and Related Topics....Pages 44-56 Dynamical Scaling of the Island-Size Distribution and Percolation in Submonolayer Molecular Beam Epitaxy....Pages 57-68 Computer Simulation of the Structure Factor....Pages 69-82 Front Matter....Pages 83-83 The Density-Matrix Renormalization Group for Fermion Systems....Pages 85-98 Simulation of the Electron-Phonon Interaction in Infinite Dimensions....Pages 99-112 Excitation Spectra in the 1-D Hubbard Model from Quantum-Monte-Carlo Simulations....Pages 113-124 Simulating 2 d Fermions in Strong Magnetic Fields....Pages 125-142 Front Matter....Pages 143-143 Computer Security in Scientific and Administrative Environments....Pages 145-157 Front Matter....Pages 159-159 Monte Carlo with Absorbing Markov Chains: A Faster Monte-Carlo Algorithm for Dynamical Studies....Pages 161-165 Non-Arrhenius Conductivity in a Driven System of Interacting Lattice Gas....Pages 166-170 Non-Equilibrium Steady States of Ising Systems....Pages 171-176 Fourier-Accelerated Polymer Dynamics....Pages 177-182 A Multicanonical Study of Non-Polar Amino Acids....Pages 183-187 Classical and Quantum Two-Dimensional Fluids in the Gibbs Ensemble....Pages 188-192 Optimization by Multicanonical Annealing and the Traveling-Salesman Problem....Pages 193-198 Numerical Studies of Metastability in Ising Systems: Short-Range Versus Long-Range Interactions....Pages 199-203 Front Matter....Pages 159-159 Study of Frustrated Systems Via Dissipative Maps....Pages 204-208 Representation of Relaxation Phenomena by Lattice-Gas Models....Pages 209-212 Some Monte-Carlo Studies of the Ising Model....Pages 213-218 Decoupled-Cell Quantum Monte Carlo: How Should We Calculate the Energy?....Pages 219-222 Computer Study of a d = 2 Mixed Ising Ferrimagnet....Pages 223-227 Computational Studies of Organolithium Compounds....Pages 228-232 Back Matter....Pages 233-234