GPU accelerated Monte Carlo simulations of lattice spin models

Physics Procedia

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 92-96

  Weigel, M ^a   Yavors'kii, T ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cluster algorithms; Generalized ensemble simulations; GPU computing; Monte Carlo simulations; Spin models

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER COMPUTING; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

CLASSICAL SPIN MODELS; CLUSTER ALGORITHMS; CONTINUOUS VARIABLES; GENERALIZED-ENSEMBLE SIMULATION; GPU COMPUTING; LATTICE SPIN MODELS; SPIN MODELS; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84856918165     PISSN: 18753884     EISSN: 18753892     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phpro.2011.06.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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