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A portable high-quality random number generator for lattice field theory simulations

Abstract

The theory underlying a proposed random number generator for numerical simulations in elementary particle physics and statistical mechanics is discussed. The generator is based on an algorithm introduced by Marsaglia and Zaman, with an important added feature leading to demonstrably good statistical properties. It can be implemented exactly on any computer complying with the IEEE-754 standard for single precision floating point arithmetic. (orig.)
Authors:
Publication Date:
Sep 01, 1993
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
DESY-93-133
Reference Number:
SCA: 662110; PA: DEN-94:0F2302; EDB-94:048055; ERA-19:013447; NTS-94:019336; SN: 94001162626
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Sep 1993
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; LATTICE FIELD THEORY; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS; ALGORITHMS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RANDOMNESS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STATISTICS; PARALLEL PROCESSING; RECURSION RELATIONS; CORRELATIONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; ENTROPY; LYAPUNOV METHOD; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; CRAY COMPUTERS; HP COMPUTERS; ISING MODEL; FORTRAN; R CODES; ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; SU-2 GROUPS; ENERGY GAP; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; 662110; THEORY OF FIELDS AND STRINGS
OSTI ID:
10131760
Research Organizations:
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)
Country of Origin:
Germany
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0418-9833; Other: ON: DE94747478; TRN: DE94F2302
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS
Submitting Site:
DEN
Size:
22 p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 04, 2005

Citation Formats

Luescher, M. A portable high-quality random number generator for lattice field theory simulations. Germany: N. p., 1993. Web.
Luescher, M. A portable high-quality random number generator for lattice field theory simulations. Germany.
Luescher, M. 1993. "A portable high-quality random number generator for lattice field theory simulations." Germany.
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