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Progress of Theoretical Physics

Monte Carlo Simulation of the Plane Rotator Model. III: Renormalization Analyses around the Critical Point

Seiji Miyashita

Published May 1, 1981• 15 citations
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Abstract

Features of the phase transition of the plane rotator model are investigated by the renormalization group method on energy, spin configuration and local order-parameter density.
DOI
10.1143/ptp.65.1595

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