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1、ComputationAsaToolforDiscoveryinPhysicsAReporttotheNationalScienceFoundationbytheSteeringCommitteeonComputationalPhysicsSteeringCommitteeBillMcCurdy,Chair,LawrenceBerkeleyNationalLaboratoryRobertSugar,ViceChair,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbaraMarshaBerger,NewYorkUniversityandCourantInstituteDa
2、vidCeperly,UniversityofIllinoisSteveKoonin,CaliforniaInstituteofTechnologyRichardMount,StanfordLinearAcceleratorCenterJeremiahOstriker,PrincetonUniversityDanReed,UniversityofIllinoisandNCSAJohnWilkins,OhioStateUniversityPaulWoodward,UniversityofMinnesotaTheworkshoponwhichthisreportisbasedtookplac
3、eonSeptember11and12,2001,inArlington,Virginia.TheparticipantsweredeeplyaffectedbythehorrificeventsonthemorningofSeptember11,butneverthelessmadethedecisiontocontinuewiththemeeting.Wearedeeplygratefultothespeakers,whodeliveredaremarkablesetoflecturesunderextraordinarilystressfulcircumstances,andtot
4、heotherparticipantswhoenergeticallycontributedtothepanelsanddiscussionsduringtwodifficultdaysforthenation.TableofContentsExecutiveSummary......................................................................................................................1I.Introduction...........................
5、....................................................................................................3A.WhyInvestNow.....................................................................................................................3B.TheRoleofComputationinResearchinPhysics.......................
6、...........................................4II.PrincipalFindingsandRecommendationsoftheSteeringCommittee..............................7III.OpportunitiesintheScientificDisciplines...........................................................................9A.CondensedMatterPhysics...................
7、..................................................................................9OpportunitiesforComputationalPhysics..............................................................................9ProblemsandRecommend