Project description

The 2D Ising Model is simulated using a Monte Carlo method. Physical observables, such as the average energy and specific heat, are computed from the simulation.

Usage

To compute the physical observables of the system, go to the production directory and run

python3 compute_observables.py

The result of this script are stored in results. To generate a plot of the data run the jupyter notebook called analysis/analyze_observables.ipynb. The resulting figure is placed in the figures directory.

Directory structure

• design
  • contains a notebook that was used to organize the main pieces of the simulation
• production
  • ising2d.py contains the main Monte Carlo simulation of the 2D Ising Model
  • compute_observables.py uses the library ising2d.py to compute physical observables
• results
  • the computed observables are stored in files
• analysis
  • contains a notebook that reads in the results and plots them
• figures
  • contains the figures for the report
• report
  • contains the project report