Applied Computational Physics

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Joseph F. Boudreau (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, USA) Eric S. Swanson (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, USA)

Applied Computational Physics

Joseph F. Boudreau (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, USA), Eric S. Swanson (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, USA)

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Oxford University Press
04 January 2018

Mathematics & Sciences; Classical mechanics; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory); Mathematical physics; Applied physics; Computer science

Applied Computational Physics is a graduate-level text stressing three essential elements: advanced programming techniques, numerical analysis, and physics. The goal of the text is to provide students with essential computational skills that they will need in their careers, and to increase the confidence with which they write computer programs designed for their problem domain. The physics problems give them an opportunity to reinforce their programming skills, while the acquired programming skills augment their ability to solve physics problems. The C++ language is used throughout the text. Physics problems include Hamiltonian systems, chaotic systems, percolation, critical phenomena, few-body and multi-body quantum systems,

quantum field theory, simulation of radiation transport, and data modeling.

The book, the fruit of a collaboration between a theoretical physicist and an experimental physicist, covers a broad range of topics from both viewpoints.

Examples, program libraries, and additional documentation can be found at the companion website. Hundreds of original problems reinforce programming skills and increase the ability to solve real-life

physics problems at and beyond the graduate level.

By: Joseph F. Boudreau (Professor of Physics Professor of Physics Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Pittsburgh USA), Eric S. Swanson (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, USA)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 247mm, Width: 172mm, Spine: 45mm
Weight: 2g
ISBN: 9780198708643
ISBN 10: 0198708645
Pages: 944
Publication Date: 04 January 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Adult education , A / AS level , Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Building Programs in an Linux Environment 2: Encapsulation and the C++ class 3: Some Useful Classes with Applications 4: Interpolation and Extrapolation 5: Numerical Quadrature 6: How to Write a Class 7: Monte Carlo Methods 8: Precolation and Universality 9: Parallel Computing 10: Graphics for Physicists 11: Ordinary Differential Equations 12: Polymorphism 13: Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos 14: Rotations and Lorentz Transformations 15: Simulation 16: Data Modeling 17: Templates, the Standard C++ Library, and Modern C++ 18: Many Body Dynamics 19: Continuum Dynamics 20: Classical Spin Systems 21: Quantum Mechanics I - Few Body Systems 22: Quantum Spin Systems 23: Quantum Mechanics II - Many Body Systems 24: Quantum Field Theory

Joseph Boudreau is a professor of physics at the University of Pittsburgh. He obtained his B.A. degree from Harvard University and his Ph.D from the University of Wisconsin. As an experimental particle physicist, he has concentrated on precision measurements in electroweak physics in the ALEPH experiment at CERN, on bottom physics at the CDF experiment at the Fermi National Accelerator laboratory (Fermilab), and on top quark physics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. He is a former CERN associate, a former visiting scientist at Fermilab and the Center for Particle Physics of Marseille (CPPM), and a former Starr foundation visiting fellow at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. Eric Swanson is a professor at the University of Pittsburgh. He obtained his PhD from the University of Toronto in 1991 and subsequently spent three years at MIT and six years at North Carolina State before moving to Pittsburgh. He has published more than 100 papers on theoretical hadronic physics, condensed matter physics, and biophysics. Swanson was named an APS Fellow for his work on exotic particles and is a founder of the Topical Group on Hadronic Physics of the American Physical Society. He has been a visiting scientist at Oxford University, TRIUMF in British Columbia, Jefferson Lab in Virginia, and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Reviews for Applied Computational Physics

The book covers various important topics, including Monte Carlo methods, simulations, graphics for physicists and data modelling, and gives large space to algorithmic techniques. ... this book could also be very useful for students in chemistry, biology, atmospheric science and engineering. * CERN Courier * This is an extremely user friendly and compact introduction to almost all the computational and numerical aspects of physics at the graduate level. It can also be used as a self-study text, and, once mastered, will serve as a useful reference... I have no hesitations in recommending this book for science and engineering students who are either looking for a supplementary textbook other than what is being used in their classrooms, or, who want to venture into the world of computing on their own. * M. P. Gururajan, Contemporary Physics *