Invaded cluster algorithm for a tricritical point in a diluted Potts model

Equilibriumlike invaded cluster algorithm: critical exponents and dynamical properties

We present a detailed study of the equilibrium-like invaded cluster algorithm, recently proposed as an extension of the invaded cluster algorithm, designed to drive the system to criticality while still preserving the equilibrium ensemble. We perform extensive simulations on two special cases of the Potts model and examine the precision of critical exponents by including the leading corrections. We show that both thermal and magnetic critical exponents can be obtained with high accuracy compared to the best available results. The choice of the auxiliary parameters of the algorithm is discussed in context of dynamical properties. We also discuss the relation to the Li-Sokal bound for the dynamical exponent z.

Equilibriumlike extension of the invaded cluster algorithm

We propose an extension of the nonequilibrium invaded cluster (IC) algorithm, which reestablishes a correct scaling of fluctuations at criticality and also self-adjusts to the critical temperature. We show that by introducing a single constraint to the intrinsic quantity of the IC algorithm the temperature becomes well defined and the sampling of the equilibrium ensemble is regained. The procedure is applied to the Potts model in two and three dimensions.