Energy difference functions in Monte Carlo simulations
- 1 March 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Physics
- Vol. 45 (4), 823-838
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00268978200100651
Abstract
The free energy of a model of nitrogen is calculated over its liquid range by Monte Carlo methods. A comparison is made between the results of several techniques. The meaning of Metropolis Monte Carlo subaverages of a long run is discussed and it is shown that they may be interpreted as ensemble averages at an effective temperature which may be different from that supplied by the Monte Carlo algorithm.Keywords
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