Browsing Physics by Author "Salagaram, Trisha"

Browsing Physics by Author "Salagaram, Trisha"

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  • The challenges of developing computational physics : the case of South Africa 
    Salagaram, Trisha; Chetty, Nithaya (IOP Publishing Limited, 2013-11-21)
    Most modern scientific research problems are complex and interdisciplinary in nature. It is impossible to study such problems in detail without the use of computation in addition to theory and experiment. Although it is ...
  • Enhancing the understanding of entropy through computation 
    Salagaram, Trisha; Chetty, Nithaya (American Association of Physics Teachers, 2011-11)
    We devise a hierarchy of computational algorithms to enumerate the microstates of a system comprising N independent, distinguishable particles. An important challenge is to cope with integers that increase exponentially ...
  • Probing the extensive nature of entropy 
    Salagaram, Trisha; Chetty, Nithaya (IOP Publishing Limited, 2013-11-21)
    We have devised a general numerical scheme applied to a system of independent, distinguishable, non-interacting particles, to demonstrate in a direct manner the extensive nature of statistical entropy. Working within the ...
  • Visualising higher order Brillouin zones with applications 
    Andrew, Richard Charles; Salagaram, Trisha; Chetty, Nithaya (Institute of Physics, 2017-02-28)
    A key concept in material science is the relationship between the Bravais lattice, the reciprocal lattice and the resulting Brillouin zones (BZ). These zones are often complicated shapes that are hard to construct and ...