Department of Physics Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
8-1996
Publication Source
Journal of Statistical Physics
Volume
84
Issue
3-4
Start Page
323
Last Page
335
DOI
10.1007/BF02179645
Abstract
We consider a three-dimensional Ising model in a transverse magnetic field h and a bulk field H. An interface is introduced by an appropriate choice of boundary conditions. At the point (H=0,h=0) spin configurations corresponding to different positions of the interface are degenerate. By studying the phase diagram near this multiphase point using quantum mechanical perturbation theory, we show that the quantum fluctuations, controlled by h, split the multiphase degeneracy giving rise to an infinite sequence of layering transitions.
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Recommended Citation
Harris, A., Micheletti, C., & Yeomans, J. M. (1996). Complete Wetting in the Three-Dimensional Transverse Ising Model. Journal of Statistical Physics, 84 (3-4), 323-335. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02179645
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