Breathing Life into a Classic: A Modern Replication of Rahman's 1964 Liquid Argon Simulation
A deep dive into a Python-based replication of Aneesur Rahman's seminal 1964 paper, exploring the foundations of molecular dynamics with modern tools …
Computational-Physics
4 posts tagged with computational-physics.
Nonphysical Sampling Distributions in Monte Carlo Free-Energy Estimation: Umbrella Sampling
Summary of Torrie and Valleau's 1977 paper that introduces Umbrella Sampling, a powerful and general importance sampling technique for overcoming the …
Various Techniques Used in Connection With Random Digits
Summary of John von Neumann's 1951 paper (transcribed by G. E. Forsythe) that lays the conceptual groundwork for modern pseudo-random number …
Correlations in the Motion of Atoms in Liquid Argon
Summary of Aneesur Rahman's 1964 paper that effectively founded the field of molecular dynamics simulation by demonstrating its power to reveal the …