Multicanonical algorithms for first order phase transitions
May 10, 19915 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Lett.B 267 (1991) 249-253
- Published: 1991
Report number:
- BI-TH-91-08
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Abstract: (Elsevier)
Monte Carlo simulations are discussed for systems of volume V = L d which undergo a first order phase transition in the finite volume limit. Conventional canonical, local Monte Carlo algorithms suffer from exponentially fast slowing down ≈ V 2 exp ( cL d −1 ). Here we present a class of multicanonical Monte Carlo algorithms which can reduce the slowing down to a quadratic power law ≈ V 2 .- critical phenomena
- numerical methods: Monte Carlo
- Potts model
- dimension: 2
- numerical calculations: Monte Carlo
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