Introduction To Particle Methods

Topics

• Uses of particles for numerical simulations of physical systems
• Particles can correspond to real objects (molecules
• Stars) or represent parcels of fluid or material
• When solving Hamiltonian systems
• Monte Carlo type realization
• Characteristics making up
• Phase space
• Numerical methods for these systems will be examined
• Smoothed particles
• Symplectic time integrators
• Discreteness effects and parallelization strategies
• Applications include hydrodynamics
• Gravitational and molecular dynamics
• Protein folding and computational materials