Phase Transitions Due to Entropy Gains in Layered Periodic Potts Models on a Square Lattice
Gang Sun, Yohtaro Ueno, Yukiyasu Ozeki
Layered Potts models on a square lattice where ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic bonds are regularly disposed are studied by means of an interface method, analytically and employing Monte Carlo simulations. They are classified into three types depending on the arrangement of bonds and the number of Potts spin states, q : frustrated (FR) models that have frustration, degenerate (DG) models that have a high degree of degeneracy, and fitting models that have a unique ground state apart from the trivial degeneracy. Both FR and DG models are shown to exhibit phase transitions due to entropy gains, as previously predicted. The q dependence of the interface tension and the critical temperature is clarified. We find that there are very similar properties between FR models and the corresponding Ising models. The models with q >4 are suggested to undergo first order phase transitions.
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan•Jan 15, 1988•5 citations