ALPS 2 Tutorials:MC-01 Equilibration

Equilibration

Rule of thumb: All Monte Carlo simulations have to be equilibrated before taking measurements.

Example: Quantum Monte Carlo (directed worm algorithm) simulations

As an example, we consider a Quantum Monte Carlo simulation implemented in the directed worm algorithm for boson Hubbard model in square lattice geometry of size 20².

Using command line

The parameter file parm1a:

LATTICE="square lattice"
MODEL="boson Hubbard"

L=20  
Nmax=20

t=1.
U=16.
mu=32.

THERMALIZATION=10000
SWEEPS=100000 
SKIP=400

{T=1.0}

We first convert the input parameters to XML and then run the application dwa:

parameter2xml parm1a
dwa parm1a.in.xml

Using Python

Script file tutorial1a.py: