The interface free energy: Comparison of accurate Monte Carlo results for the 3D Ising model with effective interface models

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Caselle, Michele ^a   Hasenbusch, Martin ^b   Panero, Marco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confinement; Lattice gauge field theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948849658     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/09/117     Document Type: Article

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