Kinetic energy and microcanonical nonanalyticities in finite and infinite systems

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn 2009, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Casetti, Lapo ^a,b   Kastner, Michael ^c   Nerattini, Rachele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS NITHEP   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Classical phase transitions (theory); Energy landscapes (theory); Solvable lattice models

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049115044     PISSN: 17425468     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2009/07/P07036     Document Type: Article

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