Events Calendar
Introduction to Monte Carlo Simulations
Tuesday November 25, 2014
| 2:00 pm
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Presenter: | David Amdahl (UNM) |
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| Series: | Nuclear, Particle, Astroparticle and Cosmology (NUPAC) Seminars | |
| Abstract: |
Physicists routinely study problems of radiation transport, particle physics, statistical physics
and quantum eld theory using Monte Carlo methods. Speci c examples of well-established codes include GEANT4, PYTHIA, and MCNP. In the eld of quantum chromodynamics, an active research community has been developing various Monte Carlo codes based on lattice gauge theory. This talk introduces the basics of the Monte Carlo method and discusses in detail the Metropolis method. The presentation will focus on the application of the Metropo- lis method to the two-dimensional Ising model, the harmonic oscillator, Creutz's Z2 lattice gauge model, and radiation transport. |
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| Host: | Kevin Cahill | |
| Location: | PAIS-2540, PAIS | |
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