Performance of Wang-Landau algorithm in continuous spin models and a case study: Modified XY-model

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2008.11.034MaRDI QIDQ647101zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Suman Sinha, Soumen Kumar Roy

Publication date 30 November 2011

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.1031

zbMATH Keywords

Monte Carlofinite size scalingWang-Landau

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Disordered systems (random Ising models, random Schrödinger operators, etc.) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B44)

Abstract: Performance of Wang-Landau (W-L) algorithm in two continuous spin models is tested by determining the fluctuations in energy histogram. Finite size scaling is performed on a modified XY-model using different W-L sampling schemes. Difficulties faced in simulating relatively large continuous systems using W-L algorithm are discussed.

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