FIRST-ORDER PHASE-TRANSITIONS OF SPIN SYSTEMS

Authors
BILLOIRE A
Citation
A. Billoire, FIRST-ORDER PHASE-TRANSITIONS OF SPIN SYSTEMS, Nuclear physics. B, 1995, pp. 21-26
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B → ACNP
ISSN journal
05503213
Year of publication
1995
Supplement
42
Pages
21 - 26
Database
ISI
SICI code
0550-3213(1995):<21:FPOSS>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
I review some numerical ways to determine the parameters of systems cl ose 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.