I have two questions on the depleted lattice.

I am using the depleted lattice as defined in the lattices.xml that ALPS provides. I would like to run a simulation with the DEPLETION variable set to something extremely small like .0004. Do I need to make the lattice size huge, on the order of 1000's of spins, to ensure that the lattice will have a reasonable chance of getting a hole in it? I will run the simulation on a spin ladder if that makes a difference.

I would also like to simulate a lattice where the DEPLETION variable is modified by the number of holes close to it, i.e. I would like to encourage the simulation to form small clusters of these spinless holes. Is this easily done?

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Brian Keith
Dept. of Physics
Clark University