From Varenna (1970) to Como (1995): Kurt Binder’s long walk in the land of criticality

IF 0.8 4区物理与天体物理 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

The European Physical Journal H Pub Date : 2019-07-09 DOI:10.1140/epjh/e2019-100016-3

Michel Mareschal

引用次数: 5

Abstract

This paper aims at contributing to the history of early computational statistical mechanics. The topic concerns the physics near a critical point and how long it took for Monte Carlo (MC) simulations to be seriously considered by the community as a valid and important tool to analyze critical phenomena. We will focus on one of the leading scientific figures behind this effort: Kurt Binder, whose scientific achievements were acknowledged by the award of the Boltzmann medal in 2007. Kurt Binder, who is now 75, has retired, some years ago, from a Professorship at the University of Mainz.

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从《瓦莲娜》(1970)到《科莫》(1995):库尔特·宾德在批判性的土地上的漫漫长路

本文旨在对早期计算统计力学的历史作出贡献。该主题涉及到一个临界点附近的物理，以及蒙特卡罗(MC)模拟需要多长时间才能被社区认真考虑作为分析临界现象的有效和重要工具。我们将重点关注这一努力背后的主要科学人物之一:库尔特·宾德，他的科学成就在2007年被授予玻尔兹曼奖章。库尔特·宾德今年75岁，几年前从美因茨大学的教授职位上退休了。

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The European Physical Journal H HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE-PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

CiteScore

1.60

自引率

10.00%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

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