2D Crystal Shapes, Droplet Condensation, and Exponential Slowing Down in Simulations of First-Order Phase Transitions

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 47-83

  Neuhaus, Thomas ^a   Hager, Johannes S ^b,c  

^a University of Maryland ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geometric phase transitions; Ising model; Multicanonical simulations; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242452117     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025718703965     Document Type: Article

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