Softening of the phase transition in a two-dimensional Potts model under quenched bond randomness

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Yasar F., Gunduc Y., ÇELİK T.

PHYSICAL REVIEW E, vol.58, no.4, pp.4210-4212, 1998 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • 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
  • 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].