ISSN:
1572-9613
Keywords:
Multigrid
;
massive Gaussian model
;
Monte Carlo
;
critical slowing down
;
volume factor
;
thermodynamic limit
;
path integrals
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract Multigrid algorithms are presented which, in addition to eliminating the critical slowing down, can also eliminate the “volume factor”. The elimination of the volume factor removes the need to produce many independent fine-grid configurations for averaging out their statistical deviations, by averaging over the many samples produced on coarse grids during the multigrid cycle. Thermodynamic limits of observables can be calculated to relative accuracy εr in justO(ε r -2 ) computer operations, where εr is the error relative to the standard deviation of the observable. In this paper, we describe in detail the calculation of the susceptibility in the one-dimensional massive Gaussian model, which is also a simple example of path integrals. Numerical experiments show that the susceptibility can be calculated to relative accuracy εr in about 8ε r -2 random number generations, independent of the mass size.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02183393
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