Computational Physics II (PHYS4070)
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
School
Mathematics & Physics School
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Class hours
Lecture 1 Hour/ Week
Practical 4 Hours/ Week
1L 4P
Incompatible
PHYS7270
Prerequisite
PHYS3020, PHYS3040 and PHYS3051
Recommended prerequisite
PHYS3071 or MATH3201
Restricted
Restricted to BSc(Hons), BAdvSc(Hons), MQTech, GDSci and MSc Students. Permission of Head of School required.
Assessment methods
Projects
Course enquiries
Dr Benjamin Roberts
Current course offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.
Course description
This course covers advanced numerical simulation techniques used in computational physics and their application to several physical problems. Topics covered include the solution of few-body classical dynamics, quantum mechanical eigenproblems, Monte Carlo techniques, the Metropolis algorithm, and classical models of magnetism. The course will cover some topics in advanced C++ programming, including floating point numbers, vectorisation, optimisation, parallelisation, and debugging techniques. The course requires the use of C++, and this will be introduced from scratch.
Archived offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) | External | External | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) | External | External | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) | St Lucia | Flexible Delivery | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) | External | External | Profile unavailable |
Semester 1, 2020 (24/02/2020 - 11/07/2020) | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2019 (22/07/2019 - 16/11/2019) | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2018 (23/07/2018 - 17/11/2018) | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2017 (24/07/2017 - 18/11/2017) | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2016 (25/07/2016 - 19/11/2016) | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2015 (27/07/2015 - 21/11/2015) | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |