Computational aspects of many-body potentials

MRS Bulletin ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 513-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven J. Plimpton ◽  
Aidan P. Thompson

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1996 ◽  
Vol 174 ◽  
pp. 385-386
Author(s):  
T. Tsuchiya ◽  
N. Gouda ◽  
T. Konishi

One-dimensional self-gravitating many-body systems consist of N identical parallel sheets which have uniform mass density m and infinite in extent in the (y, z) plane. We call the sheets particles in this paper. The particles are free to move along x axis and accelerate as a result of their mutual gravitational attraction. The Hamiltonian of this system has a form of where m, vi, and xi are the mass (surface density), velocity, and position of ith particle respectively.


1971 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Beard

In many risk theoretical questions a central problem is the numerical evaluation of a convolution integral and much effort has been devoted over the years to mathematical and computational aspects. The paper presented to this colloquium by O. Thorin shows the subject to be topical but the present note stems from a recent paper by H. L. Seal, “Simulation of the ruin potential of non-life insurance companies”, published in the Transactions of the Society of Actuaries, Volume XXI page 563.In this paper, amongst other topics, Seal has presented some simulations of ruin probabilities over a finite time interval. Some years ago (Journal Institute of Actuaries Students' Society, Volume 15, 1959). I pointed out that the form of ruin probability could be expressed as a successive product of values of a distribution function. To my knowledge no one has attempted to see if this product form was capable of development and the numerical values in Seal's paper prompted me to spend a little time on the problem. In the time I had available it has not been possible to do more than experiment, but the conclusions reached may be of interest to other workers in this field. They showed that calculation is feasible but laborious. However, the knowledge that it can be done may suggest methods of improving the techniques.Seal's first simulation example is the calculation of ruin probabilities when the distribution of the interval of time between the claims is negative exponential and the individual claim distribution is also negative exponential. Instead of following Seal's method we can determine the “gain per interval” and find that if λ is the security loading the frequency function for the gain z isi.e. a Laplace distribution.


MRS Bulletin ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 469-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan B. Sinnott ◽  
Donald W. Brenner

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MRS Bulletin ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 504-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Kyung Shin ◽  
Tzu-Ray Shan ◽  
Tao Liang ◽  
Mark J. Noordhoek ◽  
Susan B. Sinnott ◽  
...  

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Author(s):  
Carolyn Nohr ◽  
Ann Ayres

Texts on electron diffraction recommend that the camera constant of the electron microscope be determine d by calibration with a standard crystalline specimen, using the equation


Author(s):  
Kin Lam

The energy of moving ions in solid is dependent on the electronic density as well as the atomic structural properties of the target material. These factors contribute to the observable effects in polycrystalline material using the scanning ion microscope. Here we outline a method to investigate the dependence of low velocity proton stopping on interatomic distances and orientations.The interaction of charged particles with atoms in the frame work of the Fermi gas model was proposed by Lindhard. For a system of atoms, the electronic Lindhard stopping power can be generalized to the formwhere the stopping power function is defined as


Author(s):  
A. Kosiara ◽  
J. W. Wiggins ◽  
M. Beer

A magnetic spectrometer to be attached to the Johns Hopkins S. T. E. M. is under construction. Its main purpose will be to investigate electron interactions with biological molecules in the energy range of 40 KeV to 100 KeV. The spectrometer is of the type described by Kerwin and by Crewe Its magnetic pole boundary is given by the equationwhere R is the electron curvature radius. In our case, R = 15 cm. The electron beam will be deflected by an angle of 90°. The distance between the electron source and the pole boundary will be 30 cm. A linear fringe field will be generated by a quadrupole field arrangement. This is accomplished by a grounded mirror plate and a 45° taper of the magnetic pole.


Author(s):  
N. J. Zaluzec

The ultimate sensitivity of microchemical analysis using x-ray emission rests in selecting those experimental conditions which will maximize the measured peak-to-background (P/B) ratio. This paper presents the results of calculations aimed at determining the influence of incident beam energy, detector/specimen geometry and specimen composition on the P/B ratio for ideally thin samples (i.e., the effects of scattering and absorption are considered negligible). As such it is assumed that the complications resulting from system peaks, bremsstrahlung fluorescence, electron tails and specimen contamination have been eliminated and that one needs only to consider the physics of the generation/emission process.The number of characteristic x-ray photons (Ip) emitted from a thin foil of thickness dt into the solid angle dΩ is given by the well-known equation


Author(s):  
G. Cliff ◽  
M.J. Nasir ◽  
G.W. Lorimer ◽  
N. Ridley

In a specimen which is transmission thin to 100 kV electrons - a sample in which X-ray absorption is so insignificant that it can be neglected and where fluorescence effects can generally be ignored (1,2) - a ratio of characteristic X-ray intensities, I1/I2 can be converted into a weight fraction ratio, C1/C2, using the equationwhere k12 is, at a given voltage, a constant independent of composition or thickness, k12 values can be determined experimentally from thin standards (3) or calculated (4,6). Both experimental and calculated k12 values have been obtained for K(11<Z>19),kα(Z>19) and some Lα radiation (3,6) at 100 kV. The object of the present series of experiments was to experimentally determine k12 values at voltages between 200 and 1000 kV and to compare these with calculated values.The experiments were carried out on an AEI-EM7 HVEM fitted with an energy dispersive X-ray detector.


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