%0 Journal Article
%T Event-chain Monte Carlo for classical continuous spin models
%A Manon Michel
%A Johannes Mayer
%A Werner Krauth
%J Physics
%D 2015
%I arXiv
%X We apply the event-chain Monte Carlo algorithm to classical continuum spin models on a lattice and clarify the condition for its validity. In the two-dimensional XY model, it outperforms the local Monte Carlo algorithm by two orders of magnitude, although it remains slower than the Wolff cluster algorithm. In the three-dimensional XY spin glass at low temperature, the event-chain algorithm is far superior to the other algorithms.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1508.06541v1