First order phase transitions of spin systems

A. Billoire

doi:10.1016/0920-5632(95)00183-A

First order phase transitions of spin systems

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2016-08-31 v1

Authors: A. Billoire

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I review some numerical ways to determine the parameters of systems close to a first order phase transition point: energy and specific heat of the coexisting phases and interface tension. Numerical examples are given for the 2-d $q$ states Potts model.

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first order phase transitions spin systems interface tension Potts model numerical methods

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9501003,
  title  = {First order phase transitions of spin systems},
  author = {A. Billoire},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9501003},
  year   = {2016}
}

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6 pages 5 PostScript figures. Talk given at the XII International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, LATTICE '94, Bielefeld Germany, September 27 - October 1 st 1994.

First order phase transitions of spin systems

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