Atomic-Scale Simulation
Spring 2013 Calendar

Date
Topic
Homework
Reading
Slides
1/14 Introduction  
FS:ch 1
Intro.PDF
1/16 Statistical Errors

HW1

FS:ch 4, App D Errors.PDF
1/18

python tutorial

  ,python tutorialFS: ch 2  
1/23 Statistical Mechanics   FS Ch 4 StatMech.PDF
1/25

MD I,MD II,

Appendix F MD.PDF
1/28   HW2 hw1 due Pot.PDF
1/30 Potentials for MD and MC    
2/1 Scalar Correlations   correlations.PDF
2/4        
2/6 Dynamical Correlations   FS : 4.4.1-2,App C dynamics.PDF
2/8 Constant Pressure and Temp HW3 hw2 due FS: Ch6; App B, E MDensemble.PDF
2/11        
2/13 Constraints in MD   FS: ch15 Constraints.PDF
2/15

Random number generators

  Numerical Recipes
see also Web version
PRNG.PDF
2/18 Probability tools, MCIntro.PDF
2/20 Sampling
SAMPLING.PDF
2/22 Importance Sampling HW4; hw3 due FS: ch 3 ImpSamp.PDF
2/25 Markov chains   FS ch 3 RandomWalk.PDF
2/27 Directed MC   FS ch 13 SmartMC.PDF
3/1 Brownian Dynamics HW5;HW4due FS: ch 17 Brown.PDF
3/4

   
3/6 Long-range Potentials   Ewald.pdf
EwaldLecture.pdf
NeighborTables.pd f
3/8

NO CLASS

     
3/11

Free Energy Methods

  FS: Ch 7,11,12 FreeEnergy.pdf
3/13

Ising model

HW6,HW5 due Ising.PDF
3/15

cluster algorithms

  ising model.pdf
3/16-3/24 spring break    
3/27

Kinetic Monte Carlo

  KMC.PDF
3/29 PROJECT PROPOSALS    
4/1 Finite-Size Scaling   PhaseTransitions.PDF
4/3

Density Functional Theory

  DFT.ppt
4/5 Optimzation   Optimize.pdf
4/8 Polymers HW6 due Polymers.PDF
4/10 Path Integral MC   pimc_intro.pdf
4/12    
4/15 Path Integral bosons   pimc_bose.pdf
4/17      
4/19 Path Integrals fermions   FermionPI.pdf
4/22 IN CLASS EXAM

 
4/24 Variational MC   variationalMC.pdf
4/26 "    
4/29 Diffusion MC   DMC.pdf
5/1 "    
 

   
5/3

PROJECT REPORTS

  1:30-4:30 in 136 LLP