David P. Landau
DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS
| Office: | 307A Physics Building |
| Phone: | 706-542-2908 |
| E-mail: | dlandau@hal.physast.uga.edu |
| Biographical Information: |
Ph.D. in
Physics, Yale University,
1967 A.B. in Physics, Princeton University, 1963 |
| Honors and Awards: |
Alexander
von Humboldt Fellow, 1975 Fellow, American Physical Society, 1976 Creative Research Medal, University of Georgia, 1981 Jesse W. Beams Award for Outstanding Research, American Physical Society S.E. Section, 1987 Alexander von Humboldt Senior U.S. Scientist Award, 1988 Senior Teaching Fellow, University of Georgia, 1993 Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1999 Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics, American Physical Society, 2002 Lamar Dodd Research Award, 2003 |
Research Interests
Our group has broad research interests which span a range of problems in condensed matter physics. Much of the work centers on phase transitions and critical phenomena in magnets, alloys (including binary semiconductors), and equilibrium polymer systems. Emphasis is placed on high resolution simulations of static and dynamic properties of both bulk and surface properties using methods such as Monte Carlo, kinetic Monte Carlo, spin dynamics, and molecular dynamics. We also work on developing new methodologies and scalable algorithms for parallel supercomputers. We interact strongly with a number of other research groups in Europe and South America.
Recent Publications
A. Milchev, M. Mler, K. Binder, and D.P. Landau, interface Localization-delocalization in a Double Wedge: A New Universality Class with Strong Fluctuations and Anisotrpoic Scaling? Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, (2003).
L. Nurminen, F. Tavazza, D.P. Landau, A. Kuronen and K. Kaski, omparative Study of Si(001) Srface Structure and Interatomic Potentials in Finite-temperature Simulations? Phys. Rev. B 67, (2003).
S.-H. Tsai, A. Bunker and D.P. Landau, magnetic Excitations and Critical Dynamis in RbMnF3: Simulation Versus Theory and Experiment? J. Magn. Mag. Mater. 226-230, (2001).
A. Bunker and D. P. Landau, "Longitudinal Magnetic Excitations in Classical Spin Systems", Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2601 (2000)
D. P. Landau and K. Binder, A Guide to Monte Carlo Simulations in Statistical Physics (Cambridge U. Press, Cambridge, 2000).