title: Dynamical temperature for spin systems
abstract: A transcription of Rugh's geometrical approach to temperature is given for classical Heisenberg spin systems. For the simple case of a paramagnet with small and large numbers of spins we verify the approach. A numerical check for long spin chains using spin dynamics shows its practicality.
authors.affiliation: Institut fur Theoretische Physik, Freie Universitat Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Nurdin
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Schotte