tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post845529424743531400..comments2024-03-28T17:13:01.117+10:00Comments on Condensed concepts: Are large atomistic quantum dynamical simulations falsifiable?Ross H. McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09950455939572097456noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-49684253141958602782013-07-22T06:17:21.314+10:002013-07-22T06:17:21.314+10:00I think the answer is conceptually obvious: do the...I think the answer is conceptually obvious: do they give non-obvious predictions relating to an experiment that hasn't been done yet?<br /><br />My feeling is that usually this kind of simulation is more useful qualitatively than quantitatively, e.g. it can provide the shape of the phase diagram, or similar equivalent for the system, but not the values of transitions. But if this is to be the case, instead of trying to pack in all the physics 90% right, we're much better off distilling the system down and finding the 10% of the physics that actually determines the behaviour, and using that to guide our experiments to determine, probably phenomenologically, the more detailed information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com