Monte Carlo Simulation in Statistical Physics : An Introduction (Softcover reprint of hardcover 5th ed. 2010)

Monte Carlo Simulation in Statistical Physics deals with the computer simulation of many-body systems in condensed-matter physics and related fields of physics, chemistry and beyond, to traffic flows, stock market fluctuations, etc.).

Using random numbers generated by a computer, probability distributions are calculated, allowing the estimation of the thermodynamic properties of various systems.

This book describes the theoretical background to several variants of these Monte Carlo methodsand gives a systematic presentation from which newcomers can learn to perform such simulations and to analyze their results.

The fifth edition covers Classical as well as Quantum Monte Carlo methods.

Furthermore a new chapter on the sampling of free energy landscapes has been added.

To help students in their work a special web server has been installed to host programs and discussion groups (http://wwwcp.tphys.uni-heidelberg.de).

Prof. Binder was the winner of the Berni J. Alder CECAM Award for Computational Physics 2001 as well as the Boltzmann Medal in 2007.