Optimized broad-histogram simulations for strong first-order phase transitions: Droplet transitions in the large-Q Potts model

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn 2010, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Bauer, Bela ^a   Gull, Emanuel ^b   Trebst, Simon ^c   Troyer, Matthias ^a   Huse, David A ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical Monte Carlo simulations; Classical phase transitions (theory)

Indexed keywords

EID: 76249133985     PISSN: 17425468     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2010/01/P01020     Document Type: Article

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