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Physical review. B, Condensed matter

Critical behavior of the three-dimensional Ising model

Henk W. J. Blöte, Robert H. Swendsen

Published Sep 1, 1979• 44 citations
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Abstract

The simple-cubic Ising model has been investigated with the Monte Carlo renormalization-group method. The results are found to be consistent with the critical exponents obtained from series and $\ensuremath{\epsilon}$ expansions.

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10.1103/physrevb.20.2077

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