NPAC Technical Report SCCS-220

Dynamical Exponents for Potts Model Cluster Algorithms

P Coddington, C Baillie

Submitted November 01 1991


Abstract

We have studied the Swendsen-Wang and Wolff cluster update algorithms for the Ising model in 2, 3 and 4 dimensions. The data indicate simple relations between the specific heat and the Wolff autocorrelations, and between the magnetization and the Swendsen-Wang autocorrelations. This implies that the dynamic critical exponents are related to the static exponents of the Ising model. We also investigate the possibility of similar relationships for the Q-state Potts model.


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