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Federico G Pazzona¹, Giovanni Pireddu², Pierfranco Demontis³

¹Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Sassari, via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy.

Physical Review. E

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We developed a novel synchronous cellular automaton rule that enables coexistence of interactions, equilibrium, and synchronicity in multiparticle systems. This method accurately simulates lattice systems, offering a powerful tool for quantitative large-scale investigations.

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Area of Science:

Computational physics
Statistical mechanics
Complex systems

Background:

Traditional cellular automata (CA) struggle to simultaneously model complex interactions, thermodynamic equilibrium, and full synchronicity.
Reviving interest in CA for large-scale multiparticle system investigations requires new simulation approaches.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a fully synchronous cellular automaton rule for simulating occupancy-based lattice systems.
To enable coexistence of nontrivial interactions, thermodynamic equilibrium, and full synchronicity.
To provide a quantitative, large-scale investigation tool for multiparticle systems.

Main Methods:

A novel synchronous sampling scheme based on a negotiation stage was implemented.
The rule incorporates multistate cells and neighboring interactions on a lattice.
"Mixed" intermediate states were used to satisfy a cellwise detailed balance principle.

Main Results:

The synchronous rule produced cell occupancy distributions in strong agreement with sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) simulations.
The method demonstrated quasiequilibrium on a square lattice compared to SMC.
Cellwise detailed balance was confirmed in a one-dimensional system with an exactly computable transition matrix.

Conclusions:

The developed synchronous cellular automaton rule effectively simulates multiparticle lattice systems.
The rule facilitates the coexistence of key physical properties like equilibrium and synchronicity.
This approach offers a promising avenue for advancing quantitative studies of complex systems.