Spatial updating Monte Carlo algorithms in particle simulations

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 36, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 516-525

  Orkoulas, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

finite size scaling; Monte Carlo; phase transitions

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM-FLUID MODELS; DENSITY OF STATE; FINITE SIZE SCALING; GENERALISATION; GRAND CANONICAL ENSEMBLE; HARD SPHERES; HIGH DENSITY; INTERACTION RANGES; LATTICE-GAS; LATTICE-GAS SYSTEMS; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO ALGORITHMS; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PARTICLE SIMULATIONS; PHASE BEHAVIOUR; SIMULATED TEMPERING; SPATIAL UPDATING; SQUARE WELL FLUID; UPDATING ALGORITHM; VOLUME FLUCTUATIONS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 77955441912     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2010.496785     Document Type: Article

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