Dynamic critical behavior of the Chayes-Machta algorithm for the random-cluster model. I: Two dimensions

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Abstract: We study, via Monte Carlo simulation, the dynamic critical behavior of the Chayes-Machta dynamics for the Fortuin-Kasteleyn random-cluster model, which generalizes the Swendsen-Wang dynamics for the q-state Potts ferromagnet to non-integer q ge 1. We consider spatial dimension d=2 and 1.25 le q le 4 in steps of 0.25, on lattices up to 1024^2, and obtain estimates for the dynamic critical exponent z_{CM}. We present evidence that when 1 le q lesssim 1.95 the Ossola-Sokal conjecture z_{CM} ge �eta/

u is violated, though we also present plausible fits compatible with this conjecture. We show that the Li-Sokal bound z_{CM} ge alpha/

u is close to being sharp over the entire range 1 le q le 4, but is probably non-sharp by a power. As a byproduct of our work, we also obtain evidence concerning the corrections to scaling in static observables.



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