title: Density of Yang-Lee zeros for the Ising ferromagnet.
abstract: The densities of Yang-Lee zeros for the Ising ferromagnet on the L x L square lattice are evaluated from the exact grand partition functions (L=3 approximately 16). The properties of the density of Yang-Lee zeros are discussed as a function of temperature T and system size L. The three different classes of phase transitions for the Ising ferromagnet--first-order phase transition, second-order phase transition, and Yang-Lee edge singularity--are clearly distinguished by estimating the magnetic scaling exponent yh from the densities of zeros for finite-size systems. The divergence of the density of zeros at Yang-Lee edge in high temperatures (Yang-Lee edge singularity), which has been detected only by the series expansion until now for the square-lattice Ising ferromagnet, is obtained from the finite-size data. The identification of the orders of phase transitions in small systems is also discussed using the density of Yang-Lee zeros.
authors.affiliation: Computer-Aided Molecular Design Research Center, Soongsil University, Seoul 156-743, Korea. sykim@ssu.ac.kr
authors.forename: Seung-Yeon
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim