Statistical Error Due to Finite Time Averaging in Computer Experiments: Application to Liquid Sodium

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Abstract
Previously developed results on the statistical error due to finite time averaging in computer experiments are applied to the number density and kinetic-energy density autocorrelation functions for liquid sodium. It is concluded that the theoretical estimate given by Zwanzig and Ailawadi forms a good basis for analysis of the error involved in computation of time correlation functions in molecular dynamics.