| Date |
Topic |
Homework |
Reading |
Slides |
| 1/17 |
Introduction |
|
FS:ch 1
|
Intro.PDF |
| 1/19 |
Statistical Errors
*Formulas |
| FS: App D |
Errors.PDF |
| 1/24 |
Statistical Mechanics |
|
FS:ch 2 |
StatMech.PDF |
| 1/26 |
Potentials for MD and MC |
HW2
(hw1 due:
HW1sol)
|
|
Pot.PDF |
| 1/31 |
MD I
MD II |
|
FS:ch 4 |
MD.PDF |
| 2/2 |
Scalar Correlations |
|
|
correlations.PDF |
| 2/7 |
Dynamical Correlations |
HW2supplement
(hw2 due: HW2sol) |
FS: ch 6 |
dynamics.PDF |
| 2/9 |
Long-range Potentials |
|
FS App C |
Ewald.pdf |
| 2/14 |
Constraints in MD |
|
FS: ch15 |
Constraints.PDF |
| 2/16 |
Constant Pressure and Temp |
(hw2-sup due: HW2supp-sol |
|
MDensemble.PDF |
| 2/21 |
Probability tools |
HW3 |
|
MCIntro.PDF |
| 2/23 |
Random number generators |
|
Numerical Recipes
see also Web version |
PRNG.PDF |
| 2/28 |
Sampling |
|
Numerical Recipes |
SAMPLING.PDF |
| 3/2 |
Importance Sampling |
(hw3 due HW3sol) |
FS: ch 3 |
ImpSamp.PDF |
| 3/7 |
(APS March Mtg)
1st TEAM Meeting |
|
|
|
| 3/9 |
Markov chains |
|
|
RandomWalk.PDF |
| 3/14 |
Directed MC |
HW4 |
FS: ch 17 |
SmartMC.PDF |
| 3/16 |
Brownian Dynamics |
|
FS: ch13 |
Brown.PDF |
| 3/17-3/25 |
Spring Break
NO CLASS |
|
|
|
| 3/28 |
Project Abstracts |
HW5
(hw4 due: HW4-sol) |
|
|
| 3/30 |
Ising model |
|
2D n.n. Ising Applet |
Ising.PDF |
| 4/4 |
Free Energy Methods |
|
FS: ch 7, 10 |
FreeEnergy.pdf |
| 4/6 |
Finite-Size Scaling |
(hw5 due:
HW5-sol |
FS: ch 8 |
PhaseTransitions.PDF |
| 4/11 |
KMC notes
simple KMC code |
HW6 |
FS: ch 11
Radiation damage
in 2D ordering-type alloy |
KMC.PDF |
| 4/13 |
Optimization Notes |
|
Traveling Salesman via Simulated Annealing+GA |
Optimize.pdf |
| 4/18 |
Polymers |
|
|
Polymers.PDF |
| 4/20 |
Path Integral MC (I)
Path-Integral MC notes |
(hw6 due:
HW6-sol |
|
pimc_intro.pdf |
| 4/25 |
Path Integral MC (II)
Projector MC notes |
|
|
pimc_bose.pdf |
| 4/27 |
IN-CLASS EXAM |
|
|
|
| 5/2 |
Office hours |
|
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| 5/3 |
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|
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| 5/8 |
ALL web projects due |
|
|
|
| 5/9 |
oral project presentation |
1:30pm |
|
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