Abstract
It is shown that the effect of turnovers of the whole spin lattice for temperatures below the ordering temperature during a long-time computer simulation is not always satisfactorily reduced by considering the absolute value of the order parameter. A simple method to overcome this problem is suggested.
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Staaden, U., Fähnle, M. Comment on the calculation of thermal averages by long-time Monte Carlo simulations. J Stat Phys 57, 405–410 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01023653
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