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Proj1 moldyn errata

Jos Thijssen, Computational Physics

  • page 224: The expressions for the specific heat mentioned in the text are wrong. The specific heat per atom for a solid in the high-temperature limit is (Dulong-Petit law), and for a monatomic ideal gas .

Loup Verlet, Physical Review 159, 98 (1967)

  • equation (8) is missing a factor of 2. The expression for the pressure in the lecture notes and in Jos Thijssen's book is correct. The data in Verlet's paper however is valid (using the correct formula).