Serial Number 0037

Author(s):
Paul Coddington

Code Title:
Swendsen-Wang Monte Carlo Simulation for Spin Models

Purpose:
Uses a Swendsen-Wang cluster Monte Carlo algorithm to simulate an Ising spin model of a ferromagnet, and calculate the energy and magnetization at a particular temperature.

Noteworthy Features of the Code:
The main computational task is connected component labeling. The clusters is highly irregular in both size an shape, and a lot of irregular non-local communication is required to identify and label the clusters. This is a difficult problem to implement efficiently in a data parallel language.

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