Physics in Canada / La Physique au Canada - 2008 (64.2)

Supercooled Liquids and Supercomputers

Author(s)
Ivan Saika-Voivod
Peter H. Poole
Institution
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. Francis Xavier University

High performance computing is now central to efforts to resolve long-standing questions on the nature of cold, dense  liquids, and on how they transform to crystalline and amorphous solids. We review several current examples.