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Hund's-Rule Coupling Effect in Itinerant Ferromagnetism
We present a general model which includes the ferromagnetic Kondo lattice and
the Hubbard model as special cases. The stability of the ferromagnetic state is
investigated variationally. We discuss the mechanism of ferromagnetism in
metallic nickel, emphasizing the importance of orbital degeneracy and the
effect of the Hund's-rule coupling.Comment: 19 pages, 10 figures, to appear in Prog.Theor.Phy
Probability-Changing Cluster Algorithm for Potts Models
We propose a new effective cluster algorithm of tuning the critical point
automatically, which is an extended version of Swendsen-Wang algorithm. We
change the probability of connecting spins of the same type, , in the process of the Monte Carlo spin update. Since we approach the
canonical ensemble asymptotically, we can use the finite-size scaling analysis
for physical quantities near the critical point. Simulating the two-dimensional
Potts models to demonstrate the validity of the algorithm, we have obtained the
critical temperatures and critical exponents which are consistent with the
exact values; the comparison has been made with the invaded cluster algorithm.Comment: 4 pages including 5 eps figures, RevTeX, to appear in Phys. Rev. Let
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