Computational Science and Engineering
Specialization in Theoretical Physics
Overview
• 3 Courses: lectures + exercises Seminars in Theoretical Physics for CSE (Prof. Troyer)
• Exercises: numerical simulations and data analysis. Programming in C/C++ , FORTRAN, Pascal, Java
• Provide knowledge and understanding of computational approaches for Theoretical Physics.
• Applications to quantum systems; statistical physics problems; material physics.
• Advanced numerical simulations methods.
Computational Quantum Physics
• Introduction to simulation methods for quantum systems: One-body problem Quantum many body systems Quantum field theory
• Path integrals and quantum Monte Carlo • Electronic structures of molecules and atoms • Cluster algorithms for lattice models • Exact diagonalization
Prof. Matthias Troyer http://www.itp.phys.ethz.ch/people/troyer
Computational Statistical Physics
Prof. Hans Herrmann http://www.hans-herrmann.ethz.ch/
Classical Monte-Carlo-simulations: finite-size scaling, cluster algorithms, histogram-methods. Molecular dynamics simulations: long range interactions, Ewald summation, discrete elements, parallelization.
• Advanced numerical simulations in Statistical Physics*
*See: Introduction to Computational Physics
Computational Polymer Physics
Prof. Emanuela Del Gado
http://www.ifb.ethz.ch/micro/people/delgadoe
• Particle based methods: Monte Carlo, Molecular Dynamics, Brownian Dynamics
Kinetic lattice models Numerical analysis of space and time correlations.
• Simulation methods for polymers, soft matter physics, disordered systems.
Statistical mechanics approaches for chains, gel networks, glasses; Microscopic structure and dynamics; Rheology and mechanics.
Microstructure evolution and mechanics of amorphous materials
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