MULTICANONICAL ALGORITHMS FOR 1ST ORDER PHASE-TRANSITIONS

被引:987
作者
BERG, BA
NEUHAUS, T
机构
[1] Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0370-2693(91)91256-U
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Monte Carlo simulations are discussed for systems of volume V = L(d) which undergo a first order phase transition in the finite volume limit. Conventional canonical, local Monte Carlo algorithms suffer from exponentially fast slowing down approximately V2 exp(cL(d-1)). Here we present a class of multicanonical Monte Carlo algorithms which can reduce the slowing down to a quadratic power law approximately V2.
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页码:249 / 253
页数:5
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