SURFACE-TENSION AND PHASE-TRANSITION FOR LATTICE SYSTEMS

被引:8
作者
FONTAINE, JR [1 ]
GRUBER, C [1 ]
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[1] ECOLE POLYTECH FED LAUSANNE,INST PHYS THEOR,CH-1007 LAUSANNE,SWITZERLAND
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10.1007/BF01200054
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We introduce the surface tension for arbitrary spin systems and study its general properties. In particular we show that for a large class of systems, the surface tension is zero at high temperature. We also derive a geometrical condition for the surface tension to be zero at all temperature. For discrete spin systems this condition becomes a criterion to establish the existence of a phase transition associated with surface tension. This criterion is illustrated on several examples. © 1979 Springer-Verlag.
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页数:27
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