M. Oshikawa, Ordered phase and scaling in Z(n) models and the three-state antiferromagnetic Potts model in three dimensions, PHYS REV B, 61(5), 2000, pp. 3430-3434
Based on a renormalization-group picture of Z(n) symmetric models in three
dimensions, we derive a scaling law for the Z(n) order parameter in the ord
ered phase. An existing Monte Carlo calculation on the three-state antiferr
omagnetic Potts model, which has the effective Z(6) symmetry, is shown to b
e consistent with the proposed scaling law. It strongly supports the renorm
alization-group picture that there is a single massive ordered phase, altho
ugh an apparently rotationally symmetric region in the intermediate tempera
ture was observed numerically.