On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Matthias Troyer <troyer@phys.ethz.ch> wrote:

On Oct 22, 2012, at 7:53 PM, Jonas Anderson <jonastyleranderson@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have some very basic questions for which I cannot find documented answers.
>
> (1) For the Ising models or more generally for classical spin models is it possible to view the final spin configuration of a system after the simulation has run its course?

You can easily add this to the code, but it usually does not make much sense since the correct result is an ensemble of configurations weighted with the respective Boltzmann weight. DO you want to view all configurations or just the final one?

Sorry, I meant just the final one.

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> (2) Is it possible to observe the magnetization and not just the absolute value of the magnetization?

Yes, and it is stored into the results, but it should be 0 due to symmetry unless you add a magnetic field.

Ok, and it is simply the observable 'Magnetization' ? I'm hoping to choose an initial state such as all spin up and then prevent the system from completely thermalizing and observe some residual magnetization. Is it possible to specify the initial state for Ising models?

Thanks again,

-jonas