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  • 1969 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

Overview

William G. Hoover is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within physics and astronomy, with a particular focus on statistical and nonlinear physics.

The main fields of study covered in their work include:

  • Physics and Astronomy

The subfields of study include:

  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Geography, Planning and Development

The primary topics addressed in their research are:

  • Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  • Statistical Mechanics and Entropy
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Quantum chaos and dynamical systems
  • Theoretical and Computational Physics
  • Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
  • Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics

William G. Hoover has published extensively, with frequent contributions to various publication venues. The most common include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • MDPI (MDPI AG)
  • Entropy

Recent papers by Hoover are:

  • From hard spheres and cubes to nonequilibrium maps with thirty-some years of thermostatted molecular dynamics, 2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Nonequilibrium Time Reversibility with Maps and Walks, 2022, MDPI (MDPI AG)
  • Compressible Baker Maps and Their Inverses. A Memoir for Francis Hayin Ree [1936-2020], 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Time-Symmetry Breaking in Hamiltonian Mechanics. II. A Memoir for Berni Julian Alder [1925-2020], 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Erratum: "From hard spheres and cubes to nonequilibrium maps with thirty-some years of thermostatted molecular dynamics" [J. Chem. Phys. 153, 070901 (2020)], 2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Carol G. Hoover
  • Edward R. Smith
  • Karl P. Travis
  • Amanda Bailey Hass
  • J. C. Sprott

In addition to journal publications, Hoover has contributed to book literature with the publication of Elegant Simulations in 2022 through World Scientific.

William G. Hoover was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1969.

Best Publications

  • Canonical dynamics: Equilibrium phase-space distributions

    William G. Hoover

  • Melting Transition and Communal Entropy for Hard Spheres

    William G. Hoover;Francis H. Ree

  • Constant-pressure equations of motion

    William G. Hoover

  • Computational statistical mechanics

    William G. Hoover

  • High-strain-rate plastic flow studied via nonequilibrium molecular dynamics

    William G. Hoover;Anthony J. C. Ladd;Bill Moran

  • Fifth and Sixth Virial Coefficients for Hard Spheres and Hard Disks

    Francis H. Ree;William G. Hoover

  • Studies in Molecular Dynamics. V. High‐Density Equation of State and Entropy for Hard Disks and Spheres

    B. J. Alder;W. G. Hoover;D. A. Young

  • Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics via Gauss's principle of least constraint

    Denis J. Evans;William G. Hoover;Bruce H. Failor;Bill Moran

  • Thermodynamic Properties of the Fluid and Solid Phases for Inverse Power Potentials

    William G. Hoover;Steven G. Gray;Keith W. Johnson

  • Dense-fluid shear viscosity via nonequilibrium molecular dynamics

    W. T. Ashurst;W. G. Hoover

  • Lattice thermal conductivity: A comparison of molecular dynamics and anharmonic lattice dynamics

    Anthony J. C. Ladd;Bill Moran;William G. Hoover

  • Soft‐Sphere Equation of State

    William G. Hoover;Marvin Ross;Keith W. Johnson;Douglas Henderson

  • Lennard-Jones triple-point bulk and shear viscosities. Green-Kubo theory, Hamiltonian mechanics, and nonequilibrium molecular dynamics

    William G. Hoover;William G. Hoover;Denis J. Evans;Denis J. Evans;Richard B. Hickman;Anthony J. C. Ladd

  • Molecular-dynamics simulation of statistical-mechanical systems : Varenna on Lake Como, Villa Monastero, 23 July-2 August 1985

    Giovanni Ciccotti;William G. Hoover;Società italiana di fisica

  • Canonical dynamics of the Nosé oscillator: Stability, order, and chaos

    Harald A. Posch;William G. Hoover;Franz J. Vesely

  • Seventh Virial Coefficients for Hard Spheres and Hard Disks

    Francis H. Ree;William G. Hoover

  • Shock-wave structure via nonequilibrium molecular dynamics and Navier-Stokes continuum mechanics

    Brad Lee Holian;William G. Hoover;William G. Hoover;Bill Moran;Bill Moran;Galen K. Straub

  • Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics

    Wm.G. Hoover;Wm.G. Hoover

  • Isothermal elastic constants for argon. theory and Monte Carlo calculations

    D.R. Squire;A.C. Holt;W.G. Hoover

  • Kinetic moments method for the canonical ensemble distribution

    William G. Hoover;William G. Hoover;Brad Lee Holian

  • Use of Computer Experiments to Locate the Melting Transition and Calculate the Entropy in the Solid Phase

    William G. Hoover;Francis H. Ree

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony J. C. Ladd
Anthony J. C. Ladd University of Florida
Julien Clinton Sprott
Julien Clinton Sprott University of Wisconsin–Madison
Denis J. Evans
Denis J. Evans Australian National University
Siegfried Hess
Siegfried Hess Technical University of Berlin
Sheldon Goldstein
Sheldon Goldstein Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Joel L. Lebowitz
Joel L. Lebowitz Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Carlton M. Caves
Carlton M. Caves University of New Mexico
Anton Zeilinger
Anton Zeilinger University of Vienna
Martin Kröger
Martin Kröger ETH Zurich

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