physica status solidi (b)
Monte Carlo Simulations of the 3D Ashkin–Teller Model: continuous phase transition lines
Grzegorz Musiał, L. Dębski, G. Kamieniarz
Abstract
Abstract Large‐scale Monte Carlo simulations, based on the invariance of the Binder cumulant Q, for continuous phase transitions in the three‐dimensional Ashkin–Teller spin‐lattice model on a cubic lattice, have been performed. Using the universality hypotesis and the finite‐size‐scaling analysis, the Ising character of phase transitions from the antiferro‐ to paramagnetic phase, where the cumulant Q behavior is different than in the Ising model, is demonstrated. Some preliminary results demonstrating the existance of the tricritical points are also presented.