Figure 4

Engulfment simulation. The interaction intensities were chosen as follows: J(τ₁, τ₁) = 0, J(τ₂, τ₂) = 0, J(τ₁, τ₂) = 1, J(τ₁, τ _E ) = 0, J(τ₂, τ _E ) = 1 and J(τ _E , τ _E ) = 1. (a) The configuration obtained after 100,000 iterations with θ = 10. (b) The decrease of the energy as a function of the iteration steps. (c) The evolution of the accpetance rate as a function of the iteration steps.