SI2530 Computational Physics
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
English B / English 6
The Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics methods. Simulations in different statistical mechanical ensembles. Computation of free energies. Stochastic dynamics. Applications to spin systems, fluids, polymers and biological macromolecules.
To give an introduction to computational physics, which is a third area of physics beside experimental and theoretical physics. The goal is that the students should be able to:
- To understand the difference between simulations and other approximative and analytical methods
- To perform simulations and computations with available programs.
- Be able to write simple programs and make modifications of available programs.
- To understand the importance and limitations of a number of basic models with very broad applicability
- Be able to critically judge published results taking into account the limitations of the models and the statistical nature of several of the methods.
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