arXiv:cond-mat/9807417 · Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics
First-order transition in the one-dimensional three-state Potts model with long-range interactions
Zvonko Glumac, Katarina Uzelac
Abstract
The first-order phase transition in the three-state Potts model with long-range interactions decaying as ${1/r}^{1+\ensuremath{\sigma}}$ has been examined by numerical simulations using the recently proposed Luijten-Bl\"ote algorithm. By applying scaling arguments to the interface free energy, the Binder's fourth-order cumulant, and the specific heat maximum, the change in the character of the transition through variation of parameter \ensuremath{\sigma} was studied.