Computational Approaches in Condensed-Matter Physics

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • S. Miyashita, M. Imada, H. Takayama

      Pages 1-4

3. First Principles Calculations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5

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   2. First Principles Methods for Correlated Ground States of Solids

      • D. R. Hamann

      Pages 7-15

   3. Computational Physics Approach to Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy

      • M. Tsukada, K. Kobayashi, H. Kageshima, N. Isshiki, S. Watanabe

      Pages 16-21

   4. Electronic Structures of Fullerenes and Fullerides

      • S. Saito, A. Oshiyama, Y. Miyamoto

      Pages 22-26

   5. Structure Optimization and Dynamics of Fine Particles in LCAO Methods

      • C. Satoko

      Pages 27-28

   6. Electronic Structures of Hetero-Crystalline Semiconductor Superlattices

      • T. Nakayama, M. Murayama

      Pages 29-30

   7. An Application of the Car-Parrinello Method to a Study of Alkali-Metal Adsorbed Si(001) Surface

      • Y. Morikawa, K. Kobayashi, K. Terakura

      Pages 31-35

   8. Ab-Initio Molecular Dynamics Study of the Si(001) Surface

      • T. Uda, S. Ihara

      Pages 36-40

   9. Traditional and Ab-Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations — Applications to Glass Transition and Amorphous SiH

      • F. Yonezawa, S. Sakamoto

      Pages 41-52

4. Strongly Correlated Electron Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53

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   2. Projection Monte Carlo Method and Choice of the Optimal Trial Wavefunction

      • S. Sorella

      Pages 55-62

   3. Simulation Method for Strongly Correlated Systems and Its Applications

      • M. Imada, N. Furukawa

      Pages 63-69

   4. Recent Progress in the Auxiliary-Field Many-Fermion Simulation Method

      • D. R. Hamann

      Pages 70-83

   5. S-Wave Superconductivity in the t — J Model with Two Planes

      • E. Dagotto

      Pages 84-91

   6. Calculation of Excitation Spectra Based on the Numerical Renormalization Group Method

      • Y. Shimizu, O. Sakai

      Pages 92-96

   7. Real Space Numerical Renormalization Groups for Hubbard Models

      • S. R. White

      Pages 97-104

   8. Bayesian Methods, Maximum Entropy, and Quantum Monte Carlo

      • J. E. Gubernatis, R. N. Silver, M. Jarrell

      Pages 105-114

   9. Anyons on a Lattice

      • Y. Hatsugai, M. Kohmoto, Y.-S. Wu

      Pages 115-116

Interacting many-body systems are the main subjects of research in theoretical condensed matter physics, and they are the source of both the interest and the difficulty in this field. In order to understand the macroscopic properties of matter in terms of macroscopic knowledge, many analytic and approximate methods have been introduced. The contributions to this proceedings volume focus on the most recent developments of computational approaches in condensed matter physics. Monte Carlo methods and molecular dynamics simulations applied to strongly correlated classical and quantum systems such as electron systems, quantum spin systems, spin glassss, coupled map systems, polymers and other random and comlex systems are reviewed. Comprising easy to follow introductions to each field covered and also more specialized contributions,this proceedings volume explains why computational approaches are necessary and how different fields are related to each other.

• Correlated Quantum Systems
• First Principles Calculations
• Molecular Dynamics Simulations
• Monte Carlo Simulations
• Monte Carlo method
• Spin Glasses
• complexity

• Department of Physics, CLAS, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan

  Seiji Miyashita

• Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 106, Japan

  Masatoshi Imada

• Institute of Physics, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305, Japan

  Hajime Takayama

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