Nonuniversal critical dynamics in Monte Carlo simulations

19872,799 citationsJournal Article

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Robert H. Swendsen · Carnegie Mellon University

Jian‐Sheng Wang · Carnegie Mellon University

Abstract

A new approach to Monte Carlo simulations is presented, giving a highly efficient method of simulation for large systems near criticality. The algorithm violates dynamic universality at second-order phase transitions, producing unusually small values of the dynamical critical exponent.

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Theoretical and Computational Physics Quantum many-body systems Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism

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Published in: Physical Review Letters

Volume 58, Issue 2, pp. 86-88

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.58.86

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 11.93

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