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V Rossetto

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PubMed2002

Local simulation algorithms for Coulomb interactions.

Long ranged electrostatic interactions are time consuming to calculate in molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations. We introduce an algorithmic framework for simulating charged particles which modifies the dynamics so as to allow equilibration using a local Hamiltonian. The method introduces an auxiliary field with constrained dynamics so that the equilibrium distribution is determined by the Coulomb interaction. We demonstrate the efficiency of the method by simulating a simple, charged lattice gas.

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PubMed2001

Writhing photons and Berry phases in polarized multiple scattering.

We study theoretically the polarization state of light in multiple scattering media in the limit of low contrast in the refractive index. Linearly polarized photons are randomly rotated due to the Berry phase associated with the scattering path. For circularly polarized light independent speckle patterns are found for the two helical states. The statistics of the geometric phase is related to the writhe distribution of semiflexible polymers such as DNA.

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