Three-state antiferromagnetic Potts models: A Monte Carlo study

Abstract
We present a study of the three-state antiferromagnetic Potts model in two and three dimensions, using a cluster-flip Monte Carlo simulation algorithm. The new approach enables us to perform simulations with greatly improved efficiency. We have obtained results for the ground-state entropy and critical exponents in two and three dimensions. The low-temperature phase in three dimensions is shown to have long-range order with a finite-size dependence of the magnetization and susceptibility similar to that of the XY model.

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