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Next student seminar :
Access to the program
Here you can find information about your internships:
Experimental Internship - Undergraduate program
Master ICFP first year Internship
News : ICFP Research seminars
November 14 - 18, 2022 :
All information about the program
Contact us - Student support and Graduate School office :
Tél : 01 44 32 35 60
enseignement@phys.ens.fr
Faculty : Ludovic Berthier
Tutor : Michel Ferrero
ECTS : 6
Teaching language : English
Examination: Homeworks and written exam.
Each week there will be 2 hours of lectures followed 2 hours of TD.
Description
Computational physics plays a central role in all fields of physics, from classical statistical physics, soft matter problems, and hard-condensed matter. Our goal is to cover the very basic concepts underlying computer simulations in classical and quantum problems, and connect these ideas to relevant contemporary research problems in various fields of physics. In the TD’s you will also learn how to set, perform and analyse simple computer simulations by yourself. We will use Python, but no previous knowledge of this programming language is needed.
1) Introduction to computational physics
Brief history and examples
2) Monte Carlo methods
Markov chains, Metropolis algorithm
Statistical analysis of errors
3) Monte Carlo simulations of Ising models
Application to Ising models and non-equilibrium phenomena
4) Monte Carlo simulations for off-latice models
Some interesting details: Forces, neighbors, hard spheres
Application to classical fluids
5) Molecular Dynamics
Equations of motion, statistical ensembles
6) Complex and disordered systems
Interesting problems and solutions: simulated annealing, parallel tempering
7) Complex situations
Umbrella sampling, reweighting and phase transitions studies
8) Matrix diagonalisation in quantum physics
Lanczos or Density Matrix Renormalisation Group for quantum spin systems
9) Path integral approach to quantum problems
Quantum particles in arbitrary potentials
Next student seminar :
Access to the program
Here you can find information about your internships:
Experimental Internship - Undergraduate program
Master ICFP first year Internship
News : ICFP Research seminars
November 14 - 18, 2022 :
All information about the program
Contact us - Student support and Graduate School office :
Tél : 01 44 32 35 60
enseignement@phys.ens.fr