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Physical review. B, Condensed matter

Effect of boundary conditions on the finite-size transverse Ising model

Michael N. Barber, Michael E. Cates

Published Aug 1, 1987• 20 citations
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Abstract

The influence of boundary conditions on the weak coupling behavior of the mass gap of the (1+1)-dimensional Ising model on a finite chain is analyzed by random walk and perturbation theoretic arguments. The behavior with lattice size found in recent numerical calculations is recovered.
DOI
10.1103/physrevb.36.2024

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