title: Monte-carlo method for simulations of ring polymers in the melt.
abstract: A detailed analysis of the efficiency of a Monte-Carlo (MC) method employing non-local moves for simple lattice ring polymers is presented. While the introduction of kink-translocation moves for linear chains results in the expected speedup by a factor of the order of the number of sites, this is significantly reduced for a melt of rings.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, 10 Ackermannweg, 55128 Mainz, Germany. vettorel@mpip-mainz.mpg.de.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vettorel
authors.forename: Shang Yik
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Reigh
authors.forename: Do Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kremer