Publications of Jan Tobochnik

Books

• An Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods: Applications to Physical Systems, third edition, Harvey Gould, Jan Tobochnik and Wolfgang Christian, Addison-Wesley, Reading MA. (2006).
• An Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods: Applications to Physical Systems, second edition, H. Gould and J. Tobochnik, Addison-Wesley, Reading MA (1996). Translated into Japanese.
• Thermal and Statistical Physics:Consortium for Upper-level Physics Software, H. Gould, L. Spornick, and J. Tobochnik, John Wiley and Sons, New York (1995). Translated into Japanese.
• An Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods: Applications to Physical Systems Parts 1 and 2. H. Gould and J. Tobochnik, Addison-Wesley, Reading MA (1988). Translated into Russian.

Refereed Articles

1. ``Teaching statistical physics by thinking about models and algorithms,'' Jan Tobochnik and Harvey Gould, Am. J. Phys. 76, 353-359 (2008); physics/0712.3488.
2. ``Modeling innovation by a kinetic description of the patent citation system,'' Gábor Csárdi, Katherine J. Strandburg, László Zalányi, Jan Tobochnik, and Péter Érdi, Physica A 374(2), 783-793 (2007), physics/0508132.
3. ``Law and the science of networks: an overview and an application to the `Patent Explosion'," Katherine J. Strandburg, Gábor Csárdi, Jan Tobochnik, Péter Érdi, and László Zalányi, Berkeley Technology Law Journal 21(4), 1293-1362 (2006).
4. ``Understanding the temperature and the chemical potential through computer simulations,'' Jan Tobochnik, Harvey Gould and Jonathan Machta, Am. J. Phys. 73(8), 708--716 (2005), physics/0411161.
5. ``Properties of a random attachment growing network,'' László Zalányi, Gábor Csárdi, Tamás Kiss, Máté Lengyel, Rebecca Warner, Jan Tobochnik, and Péter Érdi, Phys. Rev. E. 68, 066104 (2003), cond-mat/0305299.
6. ``Teaching Computational Physics to Undergraduates,'' J. Tobochnik and H. Gould, in Annual Reviews of Computational Physics IX , D. Stauffer, ed. World, Scientific, Singapore (2001).
7. ``Resource Letter CPPPT-1: Critical point phenomena and phase transitions,'' Jan Tobochnik, Am. J. Phys. 69, 255 (2001).
8. ``Clusters and Fluctuations at Mean-Field Critical Points and Spinodals,'' W. Klein, Harvey Gould, J. Tobochnik, F. J. Alexander, M. Anghel, and Gregory Johnson, cond-mat/0001230, , Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1270 (2000).
9. ``Granular collapse as a percolation transition,'' J. Tobochnik, Phys. Rev. E 60 , 7137 (1999).
10. ``Simulation of hydrogen bonding and hydration in pure lipid bilayers,'' J. Tobochnik, M. J. Zuckermann, and Z. Zhang, Phys. Rev. E 51 , 6204 (1995).
11. ``Universal conductivity in the two-dimensional boson Hubbard model,'' G. G. Batrouni, B. Larson, R. T. Scalettar, J. Tobochnik, and J. Wang, Phys. Rev. B 48 , 9628 (1993).
12. ``Lattice model for hydrogen bonding and hydration in pure lipid bilayers,'' Z. Zhang, J. Tobochnik, M. J. Zuckermann, and J. Silvius, Phys. Rev. E 47 , 3721 (1993).
13. ``Random-walk Simulation of the Dielectric Constant of a Composite Material,'' R. I. Cukier, S.Y. Sheu, and J. Tobochnik, Phys. Rev. B 42 , 5342 (1990).
14. ``Random Walk Calculation of Conductivity in Continuum Percolation,'' J. Tobochnik, D. Laing, and G. Wilson, Phys. Rev. A 41 , 3052 (1990).
15. ``Efficient random walk algorithm for computing conductivity in continuum percolation systems,'' Comput. Phys. , J. Tobochnik 4 (2), 181 (1990).
16. ``The Conductance of a Plane Containing Random Cuts,'' J. Tobochnik, M. A. Dubson, M. L. Wilson, and M. F. Thorpe, Phys. Rev. A 40 , 5377 (1989).
17. ``Monte Carlo Simulation of Hard Spheres Near Random Closest Packing using Spherical Boundary Conditions,'' J. Tobochnik and P. M. Chapin, J. Chem. Phys. 88 , 5824 (1988).
18. ``Early Time Instabilities in a Dynamic Percolation Model'' J. Tobochnik, H. Gould and W. Klein, Phys. Rev. B 33 , 377 (1986).
19. ``Some Developments in the Theory of Modulated Order: II. Deformable Lattice Models and the ANNNI Model as a Random Magnet,'' T. DeSimone, R. M. Stratt, and J. Tobochnik, Phys. Rev. B 32 , 1549 (1985).
20. ``Kinetics of a First Order Phase Transition: Computer Simulations and Theory,'' O. Penrose, J. Lebowitz, J. Marro, M. Kalos, J. Tobochnik, J. Stat. Phys. 34 , 399 (1984).
21. ``Long-Range Orientational Order in Two Dimensional Liquid Crystals,'' J. Tobochnik and G. V. Chester, Phys. Rev. A 27 , 1221 (1983).
22. ``Properties of the $q$-State Clock Model for $q=4$, 5, and 6,'' J. Tobochnik, Phys. Rev. B 26 , 6201 (1982).
23. ``Properties of Two Dimensional Polymers,'' J. Tobochnik, I. Webman, J. L. Lebowitz, and M. H. Kalos, Macromolecules 15 , 549 (1982).
24. ``Calculation of the Dynamical Exponent $z$ for the Three-State Potts Model,'' J. Tobochnik and C. Jayaprakash, Phys. Rev. B 25 , 4893 (1982).
25. ``Monte Carlo Renormalization Group Analysis of the Antiferromagnetic Three-State Potts Model on a Square Lattice,'' J. Tobochnik and C. Jayaprakash, Phys. Rev. B 25 , 4890 (1982).
26. ``Monte Carlo Study of Melting in Two Dimensions,'' J. Tobochnik and G. V. Chester, Phys. Rev. B 26 , 6778 (1982).
27. ``Physics of the Dynamical Critical Exponent in One Dimension,'' R. Cordery, S. Sarker, and J. Tobochnik), Phys. Rev. B 24 , 5402 (1981).
28. ``Dynamic Monte Carlo Renormalization Group,'' J. Tobochnik, S. Sarker and R. Cordery, Phys. Rev. Lett. 46 , 1417 (1981).
29. ``Monte Carlo Renormalization Group Analysis of the Classical Heisenberg Model in Two Dimensions,'' S. H. Shenker and J. Tobochnik, Phys. Rev. B 22 , 4462 (1980).
30. ``Monte Carlo Study of the Planar Spin Model,'' J. Tobochnik and G. V. Chester, Phys. Rev. B 20 , 3761 (1979).

Columns in Computers in Physics

• ``Entropy Driven Phase Transitions,'' Harvey Gould, Jan Tobochnik, and Louis Colonna-Romano, 11 (2), 157 (1997).
• ``Lattice Simulations of Biological Membranes,'' Jan Tobochnik and Harvey Gould, 10 (6), 542 (1996).
• ``Fortran Compilers for Personal Computers,'' Neal Tobochnik and Jan Tobochnik, 7 (6), 672 (1993).
• ``Quantum Monte Carlo on a Lattice,'' George Batrouni, J. Tobochnik, and H. Gould, 6 (6), 673 (1992).
• ``Dynamics of the Classical Heisenberg Chain,'' Zoran Slanic, H. Gould, and J. Tobochnik, 5 (6), 630 (1991).
• ``Diffusion Quantum Monte Carlo,'' P. J. Reynolds, J. Tobochnik and H. Gould, 4 (6), 662 (1990).
• ``An Introduction to Quantum Monte Carlo,'' J. Tobochnik, H. Gould and K. Mulder, 4 (4), 431 (1990).
• ``More on Fractals and Chaos: Multifractals,'' H. Gould and J. Tobochnik, 4 (2), 202 (1990).
• ``Quantifying Chaos,'' J. Tobochnik and H. Gould, 3 (6), 86 (1989).
• ``Overcoming Critical Slowing Down,'' H. Gould and J. Tobochnik, {bf 3 (4), 82 (1989).

Articles in Conference Proceedings

• ``Teaching students to write computer simulations in Java,'' J. Tobochnik, Comp. Phys. Comm. 121-122 , 562 (1999).
• ``Big and Little Uses of the Computer in a Statistical Mechanics Course,'' J. Tobochnik, Computing in Advanced Undergraduate Physics, edited by David M. Cook, Lawrence University, 59 (1990)
• ``The Melting of Two Dimensional Solids,'' J. Tobochnik and G.V. Chester, Ordering in Two Dimensions, Amsterdam, Netherlands, North Holland, 339 (1981).

Book Reviews

• A First Course in Computational Physics and Object-Oriented programming with C++, David Yevick, Cambridge U. Press (2005); reviewed by J. Tobochnik, Physics Today 59(3), 63--64 (2006).
• Computational Physics, Rubin H. Landau and Manuel Páez, Wiley (1997); An Introduction to Computational Physics , Tao Pang, Cambridge U.P. (1997); Stochastic Simulation in Physics, P. Kevin MacKeown, Springer (1998); reviewed by H. Gould and J. Tobochnik, Am. J. Phys. 67(1), 94 (1999).
• Understanding Molecular Simulation, Daan Frenkel and Berend Smit, Academic Press (1996) reviewed by J. Tobochnik, Comput. Phys. 11(4), 351 (1997).