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Using multicanonical Metropolis simulations we estimate phase transition properties of 3D Potts models for q=4 to 10: The transition temperatures, latent heats, entropy gaps, normalized entropies at the disordered and ordered endpoints,…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2008-11-26 Alexei Bazavov , Bernd A. Berg , Santosh Dubey

We use scale invariant scattering theory to exactly determine the lines of renormalization group fixed points invariant under the permutational symmetry $S_q$ in two dimensions, and show how one of these scattering solutions describes the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-10-25 Gesualdo Delfino , Elena Tartaglia

Within the canonical ensemble framework, this paper investigates the presence of higher-order transition signals in the $q$-state Potts model (for $q \geq 3$), using two geometric order parameters: isolated spins number and the average…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-01-28 Wei Liu , Xin Zhang , Lei Shi , Kai Qi , Xiang Li , Fangfang Wang , Zengru Di

The Potts model is one of the most popular spin models of statistical physics. The prevailing majority of work done so far corresponds to the lattice version of the model. However, many natural or man-made systems are much better described…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-07-16 M. Krasnytska , B. Berche , Yu. Holovatch

Groundstates of 1+1d conformal field theories (CFTs) satisfy a local entropic condition called the vector fixed point equation. This condition is surprisingly well satisfied by groundstates of quantum critical lattice models even at small…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-08 Xiang Li , Ting-Chun Lin , John McGreevy

We investigate the dynamic behavior of finite-size systems close to a first-order transition (FOT). We develop a dynamic finite-size scaling (DFSS) theory for the dynamic behavior in the coexistence region where different phases coexist. It…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-07-19 Andrea Pelissetto , Ettore Vicari

We report on large-scale Monte Carlo simulations of the three-dimensional 4-state Potts ferromagnet subject to quenched, random bond dilution. For small dilutions the rather strong first-order phase transition of the pure system is found to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-07-13 W. Janke , P. -E. Berche , C. Chatelain , B. Berche

We study dynamic behavior of Potts model with invisible states near the first-order phase transition temperature. We focus on melting process starting from the perfect ordered state. This model is regarded as a standard model to analyze…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-09-30 Shu Tanaka , Ryo Tamura

We present a Monte Carlo method that efficiently computes the density of states for spin models having any number of interaction per spin. By combining a random-walk in the energy space with collective updates controlled by the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Sylvain Reynal , Hung-The Diep

Theoretical considerations predict a specific hierarchy among ratios of net-baryon number cumulants ($\chi_n$, where $n$ is the order of cumulant) in the vicinity of the transition from the low-temperature hadronic phase to the high…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2026-04-29 Rajiv V. Gavai , Bedangadas Mohanty , Jaydev Singh Rao , Swati Saha

We study the two-dimensional Potts model on the square lattice in the presence of quenched random-bond impurities. For q>4 the first-order transitions of the pure model are softened due to the impurities, and we determine the resulting…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-25 Jesper Lykke Jacobsen , John Cardy

Using large-scale numerical simulations we studied the kinetics of the 2d q-Potts model for q > 4 after a shallow subcritical quench from a high-temperature homogeneous configuration. This protocol drives the system across a first-order…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-06-25 Federico Corberi , Leticia F Cugliandolo , Marco Esposito , Marco Picco

We present a comprehensive study of the effective Conformal Field Theory (CFT) describing the low energy excitations of a gas of spinless interacting fermions on a circle in the gapless regime (Luttinger liquid). Functional techniques and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 P. Degiovanni , Ch. Chaubet , R. Melin

We study $q=10$ and $q=200$ state Potts models on dynamical triangulated lattices and demonstrate that these models exhibit continuous phase transitions, contrary to the first order transition present on regular lattices. For $q=10$ the…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2016-08-31 Jan Ambjorn , Gudmar Thorleifsson , Mark Wexler

We develop a field-theoretic representation for the configurations of an interface between two ordered phases of a q-state Potts model in two dimensions, in the solid-on-solid approximation. The model resembles the field theory of directed…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 John Cardy

We revisit in this paper the problem of connectivity correlations in the Fortuin-Kasteleyn cluster representation of the two-dimensional $Q$-state Potts model conformal field theory. In a recent work [M. Picco, S. Ribault and R.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-10-02 Jesper Lykke Jacobsen , Hubert Saleur

Starting with the Ising model, statistical models with global symmetries provide fruitful approaches to interesting physical systems, for example percolation or polymers. These include the $O(n)$ model (symmetry group $O(n)$) and the Potts…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-29 Paul Roux , Jesper Lykke Jacobsen , Sylvain Ribault , Hubert Saleur

We have calculated the large-q expansion for the energy cumulants at the phase transition point in the two-dimensional q-state Potts model to the 23rd order in $1/\sqrt{q}$ using the finite lattice method. The obtained series allow us to…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Arisue , K. Tabata

The q-state Potts model on a diamond chain has mathematical significance in analyzing phase transitions and critical behaviors in diverse fields, including statistical physics, condensed matter physics, and materials science. By focusing on…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-10-30 Yury Panov , Onofre Rojas

We have calculated the large-$q$ expansion for the specific heat at the phase transition point in the two-dimensional $q$-state Potts model to the 23rd order in $1/\sqrt{q}$ using the finite lattice method. The obtained series allows us to…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-10-31 H. Arisue , K. Tabata