Classical Statistical Mechanics with Nested Sampling

Classical Statistical Mechanics with Nested Sampling

Baldock, Robert John Nicholas

Springer International Publishing AG

11/2017

144

Dura

Inglês

9783319667683

15 a 20 dias


Versão ebook 89,99 €

This thesis develops a nested sampling algorithm into a black box tool for directly calculating the partition function, and thus the complete phase diagram of a material, from the interatomic potential energy function.
Introduction.- A Primer in Probability.- Phase Space Probability Distributions for Various External Conditions.- Relating Probability Density Functions to the Behaviour of Systems.- The Strategy of Nested Sampling.- Nested Sampling for Materials.- Equations of State.- Parallelising Nested Sampling.- Hamiltonian Monte Carlo for the Canonical Distribution.- Hamiltonian Monte Carlo for Nested Sampling.- Conclusion of Thesis and Further Work.
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