arXiv:1604.04650

Energy degeneracies from Broad Histogram Method and Wang-Landau Sampling

Alexandre P. Lima, P.M.C. de Oliveira, Daniel Girardi

Published Apr 15, 2016• 0 citations

Abstract

In this work, we present a comparative study of the accuracy provided by the Wang-Landau sampling and the Broad Histogram method to estimate de density of states of the two dimensional Ising ferromagnet. The microcanonical averages used to describe the thermodynamic behaviour and to use the Broad Histogram method were obtained using the single spin-flip Wang-Landau sampling, attempting to convergence issues and accuracy improvements. We compare the results provided by both techniques with the exact ones for thermodynamic properties and critical exponents. Our results, within the Wang-Landau sampling, reveal that the Broad Histogram approach provides a better description of the density of states for all cases analysed.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1604.04650

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