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The finite-size scaling technique is extended to a microcanonical ensemble. As an application, equilibrium magnetic properties of anL×L square lattice Ising model are computed using the microcanonical ensemble simulation technique of Creutz, and the results are analyzed using the microcanonical ensemble finite-size scaling. The computations were done on the multitransputer system of the Condensed Matter Theory Group at the University of Mainz.
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Desai, R.C., Heermann, D.W. & Binder, K. Finite-size scaling in a microcanonical ensemble. J Stat Phys 53, 795–823 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01014226
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