Monte Carlo renormalization-group study of the four-dimensional Z_{2} gauge theory
- 8 February 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 60 (6) , 487-490
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.60.487
Abstract
The four-dimensional gauge theory is studied by Monte Carlo renormalization-group methods. The renormalization-group flows are discontinuous at the first-order phase-transition point and are not associated with a discontinuity fixed point. Evidence for critical fixed points within the metastable regions is presented.
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