The thermodynamic Casimir effect in the neighbourhood of the λ-transition: A Monte Carlo study of an improved three-dimensional lattice model

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn 2009, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Hasenbusch, Martin ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classical Monte Carlo simulations; Classical phase transitions (theory); Finite size scaling; Surface effects (theory)

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049172453     PISSN: 17425468     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2009/07/P07031     Document Type: Article

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