Nuclear, Particle, Astroparticle and Cosmology (NUPAC) Seminars
Introduction to Monte Carlo Simulations
Presented by David Amdahl (UNM)
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.
2:00 pm, Tuesday, November 25, 2014
PAIS-2540, PAIS
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