Modelling Hard Spheres via Monte Carlo Methods

Condensed Matter lunchtime seminar

Modelling Hard Spheres via Monte Carlo Methods

  • Event time: 1:00pm
  • Event date: 27th June 2006
  • Speaker: Andrew Jackson (University of Edinburgh)
  • Location: Room 2511,

Event details

Despite it's simplicity, the hard sphere model produces complex bulk phase behaviour. I will introduce some Monte Carlo simulation methods used to study this system. In particular, I will concentrate on the Lattice Switch Monte Carlo method, which allows two different crystalline structures to be sampled in a single simulation by neatly circumventing the huge kinetic barrier between the phases. I will briefly outline the original work on the technique, and then describe the current development of the Lattice Switch method for binary hard sphere systems.
I will also look at some of the issues involved in writing parallel Monte Carlo algorithms, and summarize a new algorithm for efficient simulation of the hard sphere fluid on very large scales.

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