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New Monte Carlo algorithms for classical spin systems

G. T. Barkema, M. E. J. Newman

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Abstract

We describe a number of recently developed cluster-flipping algorithms for the efficient simulation of classical spin models near their critical temperature. These include the algorithms of Wolff, Swendsen and Wang, and Niedermeyer, as well as the limited cluster algorithm, the multigrid methods of Kandel and co-workers, and the invaded cluster algorithm. We describe the application of these algorithms to Ising, Potts, and continuous spin models. This paper is a review to appear in "Monte Carlo Methods in Chemical Physics", D. Ferguson, J. I. Siepmann, and D. G. Truhlar (eds.), Wiley, New York (1997).

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36 pages including 8 postscript figures, typeset with LaTeX2e using the Elsevier macro package elsart.cls
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    • I have only skimmed through the article but spent a bit of time on the "simultaneous update" part because it caught my eyes. If I'm not mistaken the author made a mistake in assuming that it's okay not modifying the spins in the first pass and then doing the update in the second…

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