Variant Monte Carlo algorithm for driven elastic strings in random media

DOI10.1016/J.CPC.2005.03.042MaRDI QIDQ709743zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Alberto Rosso, Werner Krauth

Publication date 18 October 2010

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0503133

zbMATH Keywords

disorderelasticitydepinning

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to statistical mechanics (82-04) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30)

Abstract: We discuss the non-local Variant Monte Carlo algorithm which has been successfully employed in the study of driven elastic strings in disordered media at the depinning threshold. Here we prove two theorems, which establish that the algorithm satisfies the crucial no-passing rule and that, after some initial time, the string exclusively moves forward. The Variant Monte Carlo algorithm overcomes the shortcomings of local methods, as we show by analyzing the depinning threshold of a single-pin problem.

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