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We describe numerical simulations of the critical dynamics near the superfluid phase transition. The calculations are based on an implementation of a stochastic hydrodynamic theory known as model F in the classification of Hohenberg and…
Four scenarios have been proposed for the low--temperature phase behavior of liquid water, each predicting different thermodynamics. The physical mechanism which leads to each is debated. Moreover, it is still unclear which of the scenarios…
The Hamiltonian dynamics of the classical $\phi^4$ model on a two-dimensional square lattice is investigated by means of numerical simulations. The macroscopic observables are computed as time averages. The results clearly reveal the…
We present a novel Monte Carlo simulation of protein folding, in which all heavy atoms are represented as interacting hard spheres. This model includes all degrees of freedom relevant to folding - all sidechain and backbone torsions - and…
Many glass-forming fluids exhibit a remarkable thermodynamic scaling in which dynamic properties, such as the viscosity, the relaxation time, and the diffusion constant, can be described under different thermodynamic conditions in terms of…
Amorphous solids yield at a critical value $\Sigma_c$ of the imposed stress $\Sigma$ through a dynamical phase transition. While sharp in athermal systems, the presence of thermal fluctuations leads to the rounding of the transition and…
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We present new analytic continuation results for the dynamic structure factor $S(\mathbf{q},\omega)$ of the uniform electron liquid based on quasi-exact \emph{ab initio} path integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) data for the imaginary-time…