Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Symbols, units and constants
- Part I A Modeling Hierarchy for Simulations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Quantum mechanics: principles and relativistic effects
- 3 From quantum to classical mechanics: when and how
- 4 Quantum chemistry: solving the time-independent Schrödinger equation
- 5 Dynamics of mixed quantum/classical systems
- 6 Molecular dynamics
- 7 Free energy, entropy and potential of mean force
- 8 Stochastic dynamics: reducing degrees of freedom
- 9 Coarse graining from particles to fluid dynamics
- 10 Mesoscopic continuum dynamics
- 11 Dissipative particle dynamics
- Part II Physical and Theoretical Concepts
- References
- Index
3 - From quantum to classical mechanics: when and how
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Symbols, units and constants
- Part I A Modeling Hierarchy for Simulations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Quantum mechanics: principles and relativistic effects
- 3 From quantum to classical mechanics: when and how
- 4 Quantum chemistry: solving the time-independent Schrödinger equation
- 5 Dynamics of mixed quantum/classical systems
- 6 Molecular dynamics
- 7 Free energy, entropy and potential of mean force
- 8 Stochastic dynamics: reducing degrees of freedom
- 9 Coarse graining from particles to fluid dynamics
- 10 Mesoscopic continuum dynamics
- 11 Dissipative particle dynamics
- Part II Physical and Theoretical Concepts
- References
- Index
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- Simulating the Physical WorldHierarchical Modeling from Quantum Mechanics to Fluid Dynamics, pp. 39 - 76Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007