whats the difference in phase space in Molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulation?

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Give an example how it is applied in molecular dynamics simulation and Monte carlo simulation?

Typical distributions of particles in a volume (e.g. crystal structure for a solid, or distribution of masses and velocities in a “typical” galaxy) - Distributions of particle velocities/energies (e.g. Boltzmann distribution at a fixed temperature)

- E.g. for a liquid it is common to start with a solid crystal structure and let the structure “melt” (by setting appropriate velocities corresponding to the liquid phase temperature!)

 

- E.g. to setup a collision of two galaxies, you could try to generate a stable distribution of masses and velocities for a single galaxy first by performing a separate simulation

-E.g. A simple model of a phase transition between a low temperature ordered phase (ferromagnet) and high temperature disordered phase (paramagnet)

whats the difference in phase space in Molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulation?

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