Microcanonical thermodynamics of first order phase transitions studied in the Potts model

Annalen der Physik (Leipzig)

Volumn 508, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 446-452

  Gross, D H E ^a   Ecker, A ^a   Zhang, X Z ^b  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b CHINA INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC ENERGY   (China)

Author keywords

Microcanonical thermodynamics; Phase transitions; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ENTROPY; EQUATIONS OF STATE OF SOLIDS; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPECIFIC HEAT OF SOLIDS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TENSION;

CHARACTERISTIC BACKBENDING; CONVENTIONAL CANONICAL FORMULATION; INTERPHASE SURFACE ENTROPY; LATENT HEAT; MICROCANONICAL CALORIC EQUATION OF STATE; MICROCANONICAL THERMODYNAMICS; ORDERED TO DISORDERED SPINS; PHASE COEXISTENCE; POTTS MODEL;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029720255     PISSN: 00033804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/andp.2065080503     Document Type: Article

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