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Dynamic Critical Behavior of the Swendsen-Wang Algorithm: The Two-Dimensional 3-State Potts Model Revisited

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2014-11-17 v2 Condensed Matter

Abstract

We have performed a high-precision Monte Carlo study of the dynamic critical behavior of the Swendsen-Wang algorithm for the two-dimensional 3-state Potts model. We find that the Li-Sokal bound (τint,Econst×CH\tau_{int,E} \geq const \times C_H) is almost but not quite sharp. The ratio τint,E/CH\tau_{int,E} / C_H seems to diverge either as a small power (0.08\approx 0.08) or as a logarithm.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9605018,
  title  = {Dynamic Critical Behavior of the Swendsen-Wang Algorithm: The Two-Dimensional 3-State Potts Model Revisited},
  author = {Jesus Salas and Alan D. Sokal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9605018},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

35 pages including 3 figures. Self-unpacking file containing the LaTeX file, the needed macros (epsf.sty, indent.sty, subeqnarray.sty, and eqsection.sty) and the 3 Postscript figures. Revised version fixes a normalization error in \xi (with many thanks to Wolfhard Janke for finding the error!). To be published in J. Stat. Phys. 87, no. 1/2 (April 1997)