MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Science Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996


Computational physics

Synopsis This unit consists of eight laboratory sessions of six hours. Prior computing experience is not necessary. Assessment will be based on written reports for each session. Monte Carlo simulation of a 2-D Ising model. Phonons in a 1-D lattice. Trajectories in the Henon-Heiles potential. Structure of white dwarf stars. Hartree-Fock solutions of small atoms. Approximations to quantum scattering. Laplace's equation and viscous flow in 2-D. Time dependent Schrödinger equation. Optical ray tracing.


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