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Correlations Between the Dynamics of Parallel Tempering and the Free Energy Landscape in Spin Glasses
Physical Review E (2013)
  • Burcu Yucesoy, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • Jonathan Machta, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Helmut G. Katzgraber
Abstract
We present the results of a large-scale numerical study of the equilibrium three-dimensional Edwards-Anderson Ising spin glass with Gaussian disorder. Using parallel tempering (replica exchange) Monte Carlo we measure various static, as well as dynamical quantities, such as the autocorrelation times and round-trip times for the parallel tempering Monte Carlo method. The correlation between static and dynamic observables for 5000 disorder realizations and up to 1000 spins down to temperatures at 20% of the critical temperature is examined. Our results show that autocorrelation times are directly correlated with the roughness of the free-energy landscape.
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Publication Date
January, 2013
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This article was harvested from arXiv. The publisher's version is located here: http://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.87.012104
Citation Information
Burcu Yucesoy, Jonathan Machta and Helmut G. Katzgraber. "Correlations Between the Dynamics of Parallel Tempering and the Free Energy Landscape in Spin Glasses" Physical Review E (2013)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/joonathan_machta/10/