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Cursus: NS-TP432M
NS-TP432M
Modelling and simulation
Cursus informatie
CursuscodeNS-TP432M
Studiepunten (EC)7,5
Cursusdoelen
After completion of the course, the student
  1. has gained insight into the main aspects of modeling and simulation in the context of statistical physics, such as universality, critical exponents, finite-size scaling, thermalization and error estimation
  2. can write a simulation program for simple models in physics
  3. can use such a simulation program to study the physics properties of these models; this includes a sensible choice for model parameters such as temperature, box size, and duration / number of iterations
  4. is familiar with the basics of Monte Carlo methods
  5. can report on computer simulations and the physics results obtained from the simulations in a scientific document
Inhoud
An important aspect of physics research is modeling: complex physical systems are simplified through a sequence of controlled approximations to a model that lends itself for computations, either analytic or by computer. In this course, the origin of a number of widely used models will be discussed. Magnetic systems as well as the liquid-gas transition is modelled by the Ising model, polymers are often modelled by random walks, liquid flow is often modelled by lattice Boltzmann gases. Insight into these models can be obtained through a number of ways, one of which is computer simulation. During the course, simulation methods for these models will be discussed in the lectures as well as in computer lab sessions. Prerequisite: Elementary programming skills and some statistical physics.
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