Diffusion and defect data, solid state data. Part B, Solid state phenomena/Solid state phenomena
Influence of Quenched Nonmagnetic Impurities on Phase Transitions in Two-Dimensional 3-State Antiferromagnetic Potts Model on Triangular Lattice
Albert Babaevich Babaev, Akai Kurbanovich Murtazaev, Rashid A. Murtazaliev
Abstract
An influence of quenched nonmagnetic disorder on the phase transitions in the two dimensional antiferromagnetic Potts model with a number of spin state q=3 on a triangular lattice is calculated by the Monte-Carlo method. The systems with linear sizes L=20÷144 at spin concentrations p=1.00, 0.90, 0.80 are studied. By means of the fourth order Binder cumulant method, the inclusion of a quenched disorder as nonmagnetic impurities into a pure antiferromagnetic Potts model is shown to be the cause of the change of the first order phase transition into the second one.