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We pose two questions about the dynamical critical behavior of multigrid Monte Carlo: Will a multigrid Monte Carlo simulation of the two dimensional Sine Gordon model exhibit critical slowing down, as expected by a theoretical analysis of…
We study the dynamic critical behavior of the multi-grid Monte Carlo (MGMC) algorithm with piecewise-constant interpolation and a W-cycle, applied to the one-dimensional $O(4)$-symmetric nonlinear $\sigma$-model [= $SU(2)$ principal chiral…
We study the dynamic critical behavior of the multi-grid Monte Carlo (MGMC) algorithm with piecewise-constant interpolation applied to the two-dimensional O(4)-symmetric nonlinear $\sigma$-model [= SU(2) principal chiral model], on lattices…
We introduce a variant of the multi-grid Monte Carlo (MGMC) method, based on the embedding of an $XY$ model into the target model, and we study its mathematical properties for a variety of nonlinear $\sigma$-models. We then apply the method…
We introduce a new and very convenient approach to multi-grid Monte Carlo (MGMC) algorithms for general nonlinear $\sigma$-models: it is based on embedding an $XY$ model into the given $\sigma$-model, and then updating the induced $XY$…
We analyze the kinematics of multigrid Monte Carlo algorithms by investigating acceptance rates for nonlocal Metropolis updates. With the help of a simple criterion we can decide whether or not a multigrid algorithm will have a chance to…
We study the kinematics of multigrid Monte Carlo algorithms by means of acceptance rates for nonlocal Metropolis update proposals. An approximation formula for acceptance rates is derived. We present a comparison of different coarse-to-fine…
We study the relation between the dynamical critical behavior and the kinematics of stochastic multigrid algorithms. The scale dependence of acceptance rates for nonlocal Metropolis updates is analyzed with the help of an approximation…
An approximation formula is derived for acceptance rates of nonlocal Metropolis updates in simulations of lattice field theories. The predictions of the formula agree quite well with Monte Carlo simulations of 2-dimensional Sine Gordon, XY…
We study the expansion of the surface thickness in the 2-dimensional lattice Sine Gordon model in powers of the fugacity z. Using the expansion to order z**2, we derive lines of constant physics in the rough phase. We describe and test a…
We study a multigrid method for nonabelian lattice gauge theory, the time slice blocking, in two and four dimensions. For SU(2) gauge fields in two dimensions, critical slowing down is almost completely eliminated by this method. This…
We study the critical slowing down towards the continuum limit of lattice QCD simulations with Hybrid Monte Carlo type algorithms. In particular for the squared topological charge we find it to be very severe with an effective dynamical…
We carry out a high-precision simulation of the two-dimensional $SU(3)$ principal chiral model at correlation lengths $\xi$ up to $\sim 4 \times 10^5$, using a multi-grid Monte Carlo (MGMC) algorithm and approximately one year of Cray C-90…
We present promising initial results of our adaptive multigrid solver developed for application directly to the non-Hermitian Wilson-Dirac system in 4 dimensions, as opposed to the solver developed in [1] for the corresponding normal…
The lattice gas model for adsorption of alkaline elements on W(112) surface is studied by Monte Carlo simulations. The model includes dipole--dipole interaction as well as long-range indirect interaction. The numerical results show that…
Monte Carlo simulations and finite-size scaling analysis have been carried out to study the critical behavior in a two-dimensional system of particles with two bonding sites that, by decreasing temperature or increasing density, polymerize…
We have simulated the three-dimensional Heisenberg model on simple cubic lattices, using the single-cluster Monte Carlo update algorithm. The expected pronounced reduction of critical slowing down at the phase transition is verified. This…
We study the iteration of block spin transformations in the O(3) symmetric non-linear sigma-model on a two-dimensional square lattice with help of the Monte Carlo method. In contrast to the classical Monte Carlo Renormalization Group…
An efficient Monte Carlo algorithm for the simulation of spin models with long-range interactions is discussed. Its central feature is that the number of operations required to flip a spin is independent of the number of interactions…
We discuss the analytic computation of autocorrelation functions for the generalized Hybrid Monte Carlo algorithm applied to free field theory and compare the results with numerical results for the $O(4)$ spin model in two dimensions. We…