Computer simulation studies in condensed matter physics form a rapidly developing field making sigificant contributions to important physical problems. The papers in this volume present new physical results and report new simulation techniques and new ways of interpreting simulational data, which cover simulation of both classical and quantum systems. Topics treated include - Multigrid and nonlocal updating methods in Monte Carlo simulations - Simulations of magnetic excitations and phase transitions - Simulations of aggregate formation - Molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo studies of polymers, polymer mixtures, and fluid flow - Quantum path integral and molecular dynamics studies of clusters and adsorbed layers on surfaces - New methods for simulating interacting boson and fermion systems - Simulational studies of electronic structure.

Autorentext
David P. Landau is the Distinguished Professor of Physics and Director of the Center for Simulational Physics at the University of Georgia.

Inhalt
I Classical Systems.- New Numerical Algorithms for Critical Phenomena (Multi-Grid Methods and All That).- Multigrid Monte Carlo Methods.- Monte Carlo Simulations Using the Gaussian Ensemble.- Classical Spin Dynamics in the Two-Dimensional Anisotropic Heisenberg Model.- Simulation Study of Light Scattering from Soot Agglomerates.- Simulation of Non-equilibrium Growth and Aggregation Processes.- Growth by Gradients: Fractal Growth and Pattern Formation in a Laplacian Field.- Dynamics of Dense Polymers: A Molecular Dynamics Approach.- Monte Carlo Simulations of Polymer Systems.- Molecular Dynamics: A New Approach to Hydrodynamics?.- Molecular Dynamics Simulations in Material Science and Condensed Matter Physics.- Simulations of Oxygen Monolayer and Bilayer Systems.- II Quantum Systems.- Classical and Quantum Simulations of Quasi Two-Dimensional Condensed Phases: Krypton and Helium on Graphite.- Path-Integral and Real-Time Dynamics Simulations of Quantum Systems.- Superfluidity of a Two-Dimensional Bose-Coulomb Gas.- Quantum Monte Carlo Studies of the Holstein Model.- Structure of the Wave Function of Crystalline 4He.- Electronic Structure Calculation by Nonlinear Optimization: Application to Metals.- A Method for Determining Many Body Wavefunctions.- III Computer Graphics.- Computer Graphics for Scientists and Engineers.- IV Contributed Papers.- Monte Carlo Calculation of Transfer Matrix Eigenvalues.- Finite Size Effects at First-Order Phase Transitions Revisited.- Correlation Time Measurements for the d=2 Ising Model.- Monte Carlo Study of the Critical Dynamics at the Surface of an Ising Model.- A New Model of Interactive Percolation.- MD Simulation of 2D Rb Liquid and Solid Phases in Graphite.- Index of Contributors.