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Statistical Mechanics

Statistical Mechanics is a branch of theoretical physics and physical chemistry that applies probabilistic and statistical methods to ensembles of microscopic constituents in order to derive and explain the macroscopic thermodynamic properties and dynamical behavior of many-body systems.

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Optimization by Simulated Annealing

Scott Kirkpatrick, C. D. Gelatt, M.P. Vecchi · Science · 1983 · 44.6K citations

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Accurate and simple analytic representation of the electron-gas correlation energy

John P. Perdew, Yue Wang · Physical review. B, Condensed matter · 1992 · 24.9K citations

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Canonical dynamics: Equilibrium phase-space distributions

William G. Hoover · Physical review. A, General physics · 1985 · 23.3K citations

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A unified formulation of the constant temperature molecular dynamics methods

Shūichi Nosé · The Journal of Chemical Physics · 1984 · 18.9K citations · Full text

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Canonical sampling through velocity rescaling

Giovanni Bussi, Davide Donadio, Michele Parrinello · The Journal of Chemical Physics · 2007 · 18.4K citations · Full text

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  1. JL
    Joel L. Lebowitz

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    180 publications · 22.5K citations

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  2. HE
    H. Eugene Stanley

    Boston University, United States

    151 publications · 16.7K citations

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  3. ST
    Salvatore Torquato

    Princeton University, United States

    146 publications · 14.3K citations

    62

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  4. RM
    Ralf Metzler

    University of Potsdam, Germany

    126 publications · 23.7K citations

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  5. GP
    Giorgio Parisi

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    159 publications · 14.3K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    184 h-index

    7.8K publications

    492.5K citations

  2. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    157 h-index

    1.5K publications

    184.7K citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    149 h-index

    1.2K publications

    180.7K citations

  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    138 h-index

    1.7K publications

    148K citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    128 h-index

    1.3K publications

    130K citations

  6. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    124 h-index

    1.2K publications

    121K citations

  7. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    121 h-index

    1.1K publications

    120.5K citations

  8. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    119 h-index

    979 publications

    104.4K citations

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  1. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 5.6K publications · 624.6K citations

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  2. The Journal of Chemical Physics

    5.3K publications · 451.6K citations

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  3. Physical review. B, Condensed matter

    PRB · 2.2K publications · 168.1K citations

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  5. Physical Review

    664 publications · 177.8K citations

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