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Main Authors: Mozolenko, Vyacheslav, Fadeeva, Marina, Shchur, Lev
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.10865
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author Mozolenko, Vyacheslav
Fadeeva, Marina
Shchur, Lev
author_facet Mozolenko, Vyacheslav
Fadeeva, Marina
Shchur, Lev
contents The development of new algorithms for simulations in physics is as important as the development of new analytical methods. In this paper, we present a comparison of the recently developed microcanonical population annealing (MCPA) algorithm with the rather mature Wang-Landau algorithm. The comparison is performed on two cases of the Potts model that exhibit a first-order phase transition. We compare the simulation results of both methods with exactly known results, including the finite-dimensional dependence of the maximum of the specific heat capacity. We evaluate the Binder cumulant minimum, the ratio of peaks in the energy distribution at the critical temperature, the energies of the ordered and disordered phases, and interface tension. Both methods exhibit similar accuracy at selected sets of modeling parameters.
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spellingShingle Comparison of the microcanonical population annealing algorithm with the Wang-Landau algorithm
Mozolenko, Vyacheslav
Fadeeva, Marina
Shchur, Lev
Statistical Mechanics
The development of new algorithms for simulations in physics is as important as the development of new analytical methods. In this paper, we present a comparison of the recently developed microcanonical population annealing (MCPA) algorithm with the rather mature Wang-Landau algorithm. The comparison is performed on two cases of the Potts model that exhibit a first-order phase transition. We compare the simulation results of both methods with exactly known results, including the finite-dimensional dependence of the maximum of the specific heat capacity. We evaluate the Binder cumulant minimum, the ratio of peaks in the energy distribution at the critical temperature, the energies of the ordered and disordered phases, and interface tension. Both methods exhibit similar accuracy at selected sets of modeling parameters.
title Comparison of the microcanonical population annealing algorithm with the Wang-Landau algorithm
topic Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.10865