A DETERMINATION OF INTERFACE-FREE ENERGIES

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作者
BILLOIRE, A
NEUHAUS, T
BERG, BA
机构
[1] UNIV BIELEFELD,FAK PHYS,W-4800 BIELEFELD,GERMANY
[2] WISSENSCH KOLLEG BERLIN,W-1000 BERLIN 33,GERMANY
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10.1016/0550-3213(94)90013-2
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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We determine the interface free energy F(o.d.) between disordered and ordered phases in the q = 10 and q = 20 2d Potts models using the results of multicanonical Monte Carlo simulations on L2 lattices, and suitable finite-volume estimators. Our results, when extrapolated to the infinite-volume limit, agree to high precision with recent analytical calculations. At the transition point beta(t) the probability distribution function of the energy exhibits two maxima. Their locations have 1/L2 corrections, in contradiction with claims of 1/L behavior made in the literature. Our data show a flat region in between the two maxima which characterizes two domain configurations.
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