Accelerated Sampling of Boltzmann distributions

Details Accelerated Sampling of Boltzmann distributions Accelerated Sampling of Boltzmann distributions

2008-12-13

arxiv.org/abs/0812.2587v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

Scientific paper

The sampling of Boltzmann distributions by stochastic Markov processes, can be strongly limited by the crossing time of high (free) energy barriers. As a result, the system may stay trapped in metastable states, and the relaxation time to the equilibrium Boltzmann distribution may be very large compared to the available computational time. In this paper, we show how, by a simple modification of the Hamiltonian, one can dramatically decrease the relaxation time of the system, while retaining the same equilibrium distribution. The method is illustrated on the case of the one-dimensional double-well potential.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Accelerated Sampling of Boltzmann distributions does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Accelerated Sampling of Boltzmann distributions, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Accelerated Sampling of Boltzmann distributions will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-249930