Numerical experiments in statistical mechanics
β Scribed by B.J. Alder
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1972
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 368 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0010-4655
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β¦ Synopsis
The ML~nlc Carh~ met Iiod as applied to tile calculation of equilibrium properties is explained. A severe lest of the method is made in the study of phase transitions 'ahich illustrates both the limitations and successes of the numerical 'echnique. I"or non-equilibrium properties, the molecular dynamics computer method is applied to the calculation of autocortektt~on functions leading 1o tile transport coefficients. A connecti,~n between molecular and hydrodynamic processes could be establi~,hed and its implication for hydrodynamics !~; discussed.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Some matrix inequalities used in statistical mechanics are presented. A straightforward proof of the Thermodynamic Inequality is given and its equivalence to the Peierls-Bogoliubov inequality is shown.
A distribution function, using dynamical weights, proposed previously to describe statistical mechanical systems in stationary states, is discussed from a physical point of view. The distribution function correctly describes certain large current fluctuations far from equilibrium, observed in two co