Instructor: Dr. Cowley
Syllabus
This course is a continuation of Computational Physics I. We use the same text book "An Introduction to Computer Simulaton Methods" by Harvey Gould and Jan Tobochnik. The chapters to be covered this semester are chapter 8 on Molecular Dynamics simulations, chapter 11 on numerical integration methods, chapter 12 on Random Walks, chapter 13 on Percolation, chapter 16 on the Microcanonical Ensemble, and chapter 17 on Monte Carlo simulations. Armed with these, you can tackle more ambitious projects.Programs and problems assigned are Chapter 8: problems 8.1 (use Maple for this if you prefer, or write your own short program), program md (a two-dimensional molecular dynamics program), problems 8.2, 8.5, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9. Chapter 11: program integ; problems 11.1, 11.2(omit part e), 11.3, 11.6, 11.8. Chapter 12: problem 12.9. Chapter 13: program site; problem 13.1; program rg; problem 13.10. Chapter 16: program ideal; problems16.1, 16.2. Chapter 17: program boltzmann; problems 17.1, 17.4; program ising; problem 17.5. Select a research project from the end-of-chapter ideas. The project will carry the weight of three problems. The final exam will consist of an additional problem, requiring you to write a program, to be carried out with a three hour time limit. This will carry the weight of two problems. |