Stable and metastable phases for the Curie-Weiss-Potts model in vector-valued fields via singularity theory

DOI10.1007/s10955-020-02615-yzbMath1462.82007arXiv2005.01405MaRDI QIDQ2659299

Christof Külske, Daniel Meißner

Publication date: 26 March 2021

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.01405

zbMATH Keywords

butterfly; Potts model; singularity theory; singularity set; bifurcation set; elliptic umbilic; metastable minima

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

82B26: Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics

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