Softening of the phase transition in a two-dimensional Potts model under quenched bond randomness
PHYSICAL REVIEW E, vol.58, no.4, pp.4210-4212, 1998 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 58 Issue: 4
- Publication Date: 1998
- Doi Number: 10.1103/physreve.58.4210
- Journal Name: PHYSICAL REVIEW E
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.4210-4212
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
We have simulated, by using a cluster algorithm, the q=8 state Potts model in two dimensions with a varying amount of quenched bond randomness. We have shown that there exists a finite size-dependent threshold value of the introduced quenched bond randomness for rounding the first-order phase transition and that this threshold value becomes smaller as the system size increases. [S1063-651X(98)15509-5].