Equivalence between microcanonical ensembles for lattice models

DOI10.1016/J.CPC.2013.01.010zbMATH Open1302.82059arXiv1208.1719OpenAlexW1828372482MaRDI QIDQ483891FDOQ483891

Authors: Carlos E. Fiore, Cláudio J. DaSilva 

Publication date: 17 December 2014

Published in: Computer Physics Communications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The development of reliable methods for estimating microcanonical averages constitutes an important issue in statistical mechanics. One possibility consists of calculating a given microcanonical quantity by means of typical relations in the grand-canonical ensemble. But given that distinct ensembles are equivalent only at the thermodynamic limit, a natural question is if finite size effects would prevent such procedure. In this work we investigate thoroughly this query in different systems yielding first and second order phase transitions. Our study is carried out from the direct comparison with the thermodynamic relation $(fracpartialspartiale)$, where the entropy is obtained from the density of states. A systematic analysis for finite sizes is undertaken. We find that, although results become inequivalent for extreme low system sizes, the equivalence holds true for rather small $L$'s. Therefore direct, simple (when compared with other well established approaches) and very precise microcanonical quantities can be obtained from the proposed method.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1208.1719

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zbMATH Keywords

phase transitionsPotts modelMC algorithmsmicrocanonical

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26)

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