Metastability and nucleation for the Blume-Capel model. Different mechanisms of transition

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 473-554

  Cirillo, Emilio N M ^a   Olivieri, Enzo ^b  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blume Capel model; Metastability; Nucleation; Stochastic dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030527711     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02183739     Document Type: Article

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