Flat histogram Monte Carlo simulations of triangulated fixed-connectivity surface models

DOI10.1007/S10955-010-0011-ZzbMATH Open1197.82061arXiv1006.2869OpenAlexW3102720215MaRDI QIDQ5961868FDOQ5961868

Hiroshi Koibuchi

Publication date: 16 September 2010

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using the Wang-Landau flat histogram Monte Carlo (FHMC) simulation technique, we were able to study two types of triangulated spherical surface models in which the two-dimensional extrinsic curvature energy is assumed in the Hamiltonian. The Gaussian bond potential is also included in the Hamiltonian of the first model, but it is replaced by a hard-wall potential in the second model. The results presented in this paper are in good agreement with the results previously reported by our group. The transition of surface fluctuations and collapsing transition were studied using the canonical Metropolis Monte Carlo simulation technique and were found to be of the first-order. The results obtained in this paper also show that the FHMC technique can be successfully applied to triangulated surface models. It is non-trivial whether the technique is applicable or not to surface models because the simulations are performed on relatively large surfaces.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.2869

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zbMATH Keywords

triangulated surfacescollapsing transitionsurface fluctuationsflat histogram Monte Carlo

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41)

Cites Work

• Mersenne twister
• The theory of dynamical random surfaces with extrinsic curvature
• The statistical mechanics of membranes
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• Determining the density of states for classical statistical models by a flat-histogram random walk
• Phase transition of meshwork models for spherical membranes

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• Parallel tempering Monte Carlo simulations of spherical fixed-connectivity model for polymerized membranes

Uses Software

• MersenneTwister

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