First-order transitions for very nonlinear sigma models

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Authors A. C. D. van Enter, S. B. Shlosman

Publication date 5 February 2008

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0506730

zbMATH Keywords

ferromagneticfirst-order transitionsGibbs measurenonlinear Sigma modelsrotation-invariantshort-range

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26)

Abstract: In this contribution we discuss the occurrence of first-order transitions in temperature in various short-range lattice models with a rotation symmetry. Such transitions turn out to be widespread under the condition that the interaction potentials are sufficiently nonlinear.

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