MONTE-CARLO CALCULATION OF THE SURFACE FREE-ENERGY FOR THE 2-DIMENSIONAL 7-STATE POTTS-MODEL, AND AN ESTIMATE FOR 4-DIMENSIONAL SU(3) GAUGE-THEORY

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JANKE, W
BERG, BA
KATOOT, M
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[1] FLORIDA STATE UNIV,SUPERCOMP COMPUTAT RES INST,TALLAHASSEE,FL 32306
[2] EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUT UNIV,DEPT MATH & PHYS SCI,DAYTONA BEACH,FL 32114
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10.1016/0550-3213(92)90663-V
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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Using the recently proposed multicanonical ensemble, we perform Monte Carlo simulations for the two-dimensional 7-state Potts model and calculate its surface free energy density (surface tension) to be 2f(s) = 0.0241 +/- 0.0010. This is an order of magnitude smaller than other estimates in the recent literature. Relying on existing Monte Carlo data, we also give a preliminary estimate for the surface tension of four-dimensional SU(3) lattice gauge theory with L(t) = 2.
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