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First Versus Second Order Phase Transitions in the Three-Dimensional Three-State Potts Model in Random Fields

Kurt BinderK. Eichhorn

subject

PhysicsPhase transitionRandom fieldFerromagnetismTricritical pointMonte Carlo methodOrder (group theory)Field strengthStatistical physicsPotts model

description

The ordering of three-states Potts ferromagnets on the simple cubic lattice exposed to random fields is investigated by extensive Monte Carlo simulations. Evidence is presented that the transition is second order for intermediate strength of the fields, while it presumably is first order for large field strength. The implications for various theoretical predictions are briefly discussed.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1995-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79991-4_18