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Installation Problems using Cygwin in Windows
by Justin David Peel 02 Aug '07

02 Aug '07

Hello, I have been trying to install alps in cygwin, but I'm afraid that the directions don't seem to be working very well for me. I know that most people use a server install, but I would like to use ALPS in Windows. I have attached the config log installing the libraries. I installed version 1.2.2. There appears to be an error: 'XDR' does not name a type. I tried doing the rest of the install, but nothing really seemed to work. Also, the installation instructions are not very clear - at least for someone who isn't very experienced with cygwin. I had to change parts of it to get things to work at all. The biggest discrepancies are with the directory file names which don't seem to be very consistent. Anyway, I would really like to use ALPS for to do more DMRG because I have been writing my own DMRG code so far. Thank you so much for any help you can offer. Sincerely, Justin

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Re: [ALPS-users] Transverse Ising-Model
by armin.sauter＠uni-ulm.de 18 Jul '07

18 Jul '07

> Dirloop should not work on that model. I'll check this. > Did you not get an error message? No error messages. > You should never set CONSERVED_QUANTUMNUMBERS=Sz for > models that do not conserve Sz, such as your model. Sx(i)*Sx(j) = 1/2*exchange_xy + 1/4*(Splus(i)*Splus(j)+Sminus(i)*Sminus(j)) The results for the energy are the same without the second term. Could there be an automatic restriction of the base? The model and parameter files are attached. The 'chain lattice' is from the standard lattice library. thanks Armin

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ALPS 1.3b6
by Matthias Troyer 18 Jul '07

18 Jul '07

ALPS 1.3b6 has been released and is available for download from http://alps.comp-phys.org/ . Changes from 1.3b5 include: - more stringent tests on whether a spin model can be simulated by the QMC codes - a bug fix in the DMRG code for non-magnetization-conserving model Enjoy! Matthias Troyer

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Transverse Ising-Model
by Armin 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

I am trying to calculate the ground state energy of the transverse Ising-Model ( -J*Sx(i)*Sx(j)-h*Sz(i) ) on a simple 1d-chain-lattice with the DMRG and DIRLOOP applications. The results seems to be calculated with a constrained basis even without the CONSERVED_QUANTUMNUMBERS="Sz" parameter (compared to the FULLDIAG where the parameter has its effect on the results). It looks more like the half of a XY-model. So my question is if there is a special problem with the DMRG and DIRLOOP applications and the Ising-Model. Btw, wenn changing the x- and z-axis then the LOOP application gets the same results as the FULLDIAG, but DIRLOOP aborts with an 'Did not find raising and lowering operators' error. best regards, Armin

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Re: [ALPS-users] Comp-phys-alps-users Digest, Vol 16, Issue 1
by John Single 06 Jul '07

06 Jul '07

AH yes. I am sorry, it is version 1.2. So if distance doesn't matter, then a square lattice vs a rectangular lattice with the same coupling strengths are identical? I tried to run the simulations with both and they were semi-identical. -Thanks, John On 7/6/07, comp-phys-alps-users-request(a)phys.ethz.ch < comp-phys-alps-users-request(a)phys.ethz.ch> wrote: > > Send Comp-phys-alps-users mailing list submissions to > comp-phys-alps-users(a)phys.ethz.ch > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/comp-phys-alps-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > comp-phys-alps-users-request(a)phys.ethz.ch > > You can reach the person managing the list at > comp-phys-alps-users-owner(a)phys.ethz.ch > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Comp-phys-alps-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: 2-D heisenberg system (Matthias Troyer) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 21:48:37 -0600 > From: Matthias Troyer <troyer(a)phys.ethz.ch> > Subject: Re: [ALPS-users] 2-D heisenberg system > To: comp-phys-alps-users(a)phys.ethz.ch > Message-ID: <6958DCFB-7B75-4DD2-BDBD-7DE873973476(a)phys.ethz.ch> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > > On 28 Jun 2007, at 08:57, John Single wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am having a little difficulty understanding the tutorial > > for ALPS version 2. Is their a difference between the rectangular > > lattice and square lattice? If we set the coupling itself in 2d(J0 > > and J1) then does relative distance matter or is distance and > > coupling strength two separate factors that make up an effective > > coupling strength? > > > > -Thanks, John > > We do not have any ALPS version 2 yet. Do you mean ALPS 1.2 or ALPS > 1.3? The distance does not enter anywhere. > > The way it works is that you define different bond types in the > lattice (e.g. type 0,1,2) and then define Hamiltonian terms for each > bond type. These terms can have different coupling constants (e.g. J0 > and J1). There is a shortcut for that in version 1.3 and that's why I > first need to know which version you are referring to. > > Matthias > > > > > > End of Comp-phys-alps-users Digest, Vol 16, Issue 1 > *************************************************** >

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2-D heisenberg system
by John Single 06 Jul '07

06 Jul '07

Hello, I am trying to use alps version 2 to simulate a 2-D heisenberg spin ladder model with 2 different (ladder and rail) exchange strengths. In the example for a 1-D chain I changed the lattice to rectangular lattice but I guess that is not the right keyword. Is there an easy way to do this? Thanks, John

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ALPS 1.3b4 released
by Matthias Troyer 30 Jun '07

30 Jun '07

I have put the current ALPS version (1.3b4) on the web. Before the final release there are only a few things that need to be fixed: * correct structure factors for non-square and non-cubic lattices * add evaluation of custom measurements to fulldiag * finalize the documentation Best regards Matthias

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missing graphs in Tutorials:Latticehowto
by Gang Chen 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

Hi, all, when I was reading the tutorials, I couldn't see the graphs on the page http://alps.comp-phys.org/mediawiki-1.9.3/index.php/Tutorials:LatticeHOWTO:… Can someone who has the graphs re-post them? Thanks, Gang

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Low performance on APPLE
by Dirk Schuricht 13 Jun '07

13 Jun '07

Dear all, I have a new APPLE with Intel Core 2 Duo Processor which shows very poor performance with all ALPS Applications requiring linear algebra like fulldiag and dmrg. I have already tried to install the ATLAS and LAPACK routines, which had no effect. When installing ALPS and ALPS applications I get the following error message: i686-apple-darwin8-g++-4.0.1: unrecognized option '-pthread' It seems that the pthreads are not working with the standard c- compiler on my system. Is it possible that this causes the poor performance? And if so, what can I do to overcome this problem? Many thanks, Dirk

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Long-ranged Hamiltonians
by Dirk Schuricht 06 Jun '07

06 Jun '07

Dear all, how can I specify an Hamitonian with long-range interactions in the .xml files? For example, I would like to implement the Haldane- Shastry model, i.e. an S=1/2 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chain whose interaction strength falls off as 1/r^2? Thanks a lot, Dirk

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