Stability of universal properties against perturbations of the Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm

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author Bacci, Matteo
Bonati, Claudio
author_facet Bacci, Matteo
Bonati, Claudio
contents We numerically investigate the stability of universal properties at continuous phase transitions against perturbations of the Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm used to simulate the system. We consider the three dimensional XY model as test bed, and both local (single site Metropolis) and global (single cluster) updates, introducing deterministic truncation-like perturbations and stochastic perturbations in the acceptance probabilities. In (almost) all the cases we find a remarkable stability of the universal properties, even against large perturbations of the Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm, with critical exponents and scaling curves consistent with those of the standard XY model within statistical uncertainties. Only for the single cluster update with very large truncation error does something different happen, but large scaling corrections prevent us from precisely assessing the critical properties of the transition, and, in particular, to understand whether the critical behavior observed corresponds to a known universality class.
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spellingShingle Stability of universal properties against perturbations of the Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm
Bacci, Matteo
Bonati, Claudio
Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We numerically investigate the stability of universal properties at continuous phase transitions against perturbations of the Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm used to simulate the system. We consider the three dimensional XY model as test bed, and both local (single site Metropolis) and global (single cluster) updates, introducing deterministic truncation-like perturbations and stochastic perturbations in the acceptance probabilities. In (almost) all the cases we find a remarkable stability of the universal properties, even against large perturbations of the Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm, with critical exponents and scaling curves consistent with those of the standard XY model within statistical uncertainties. Only for the single cluster update with very large truncation error does something different happen, but large scaling corrections prevent us from precisely assessing the critical properties of the transition, and, in particular, to understand whether the critical behavior observed corresponds to a known universality class.
title Stability of universal properties against perturbations of the Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm
topic Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.18561