Determination of the order of phase transitions in numerical simulations
- 1 May 1990
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 41 (13) , 9530-9533
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.41.9530
Abstract
Simulations of the two-dimensional Potts model for the cases q=4,5, and 10 are described. Particularly, interest is given to comparing the q=4 and 5 models to observe what happens as the transition changes from second to first order.Keywords
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