Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics VIII: Recent Developments Proceedings of the Eighth Workshop Athens, GA, USA, February 20–24, 1995 (Springer Proceedings in Physics, 80)

**Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics****VIII****covers recent developments in this field presented at the** **1995 workshop, such as new algorithms, methods of analysis,** **and conceptual developments. This volume is composed of** **three parts. The first part contains invited papers that** **deal with simulational studies of classical systems. The** **second part is devoted to invited papers on quantum systems,****including new results for strongly correlated electron and** **quantum spin models. The final part comprises contributed** **presentations.** Front Matter....Pages I-VIII An Introduction....Pages 1-2 Front Matter....Pages 3-3 Modern Series Analysis Techniques and the Relation to Monte-Carlo Results on Similar Models....Pages 5-17 Applications of Finite-Size-Scaling Techniques to the Simulation of Critical Fluids....Pages 18-30 Growth and Etching of GaAs(001)....Pages 31-43 Monte-Carlo Simulations of Phase Transitions in Frustrated Antiferromagnets....Pages 44-56 Simulation of Ionic Surfaces from an Absolutely Convergent Solution of the Madelung Problem....Pages 57-68 Front Matter....Pages 69-69 Parallel Molecular-Dynamics Simulations of Amorphous Materials....Pages 71-77 Monte-Carlo Calculation of Quantum J 1 – J 2 Model on the Square Lattice....Pages 78-88 Evaluation of Dynamical Spectra for T = 0 Quantum Monte-Carlo Simulations: Hubbard Lattices and Continuous Systems....Pages 89-101 Front Matter....Pages 103-103 Non-frustrated Ferromagnetic Ising Model on the Quasiperiodic Octagonal Tiling: Finite-Size Behaviour....Pages 105-111 A Monte-Carlo Calculation of the Renormalized Coupling Constant for the Three Dimensional Ising Model Using Improved Estimators....Pages 112-116 Molecular Dynamics Computer Simulation of Cooling Rate Effects in a Lennard-Jones Glass....Pages 117-121 Coadsorption of Copper and Sulfate on Au(111) Electrodes: Monte-Carlo Simulation of a Lattice-Gas Model....Pages 122-128 Phase Transitions in Multicomponent Widom-Rowlinson Models....Pages 129-132 Localization Transition in Quantum Percolation....Pages 133-139 Vortex Motion in the Two-Dimensional Heisenberg Easy Plane Model....Pages 140-146 Thoughts on Interactive Simulation....Pages 147-152 First Versus Second Order Phase Transitions in the Three-Dimensional Three-State Potts Model in Random Fields....Pages 153-158 Detailed Balance Method of Chemical Potential Determination....Pages 159-163 Monte-Carlo Simulation of the Casimir Effect in Critical Strips....Pages 164-168 Front Matter....Pages 103-103 New Scheme of Hybrid Exponential Product Formulas with Applications to Quantum Monte-Carlo Simulations....Pages 169-174 Spin Dynamics Calculations in the Two-Dimensional Classical XY-Model....Pages 175-179 Back Matter....Pages 181-183 Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics VIII covers recent developments in this field presented at the 1995 workshop, such as new algorithms, methods of analysis, and conceptual developments. This volume is composed of three parts. The first part contains invited papers that deal with simulational studies of classical systems. The second part is devoted to invited papers on quantum systems, including new results for strongly correlated electron and quantum spin models. The final part comprises contributed presentations.