Critical endpoint behavior in an asymmetric Ising model: application of Wang-Landau sampling to calculate the density of states.
Using the Wang-Landau sampling method with a two-dimensional random walk we determine the density of states for an asymmetric Ising model with two- and three-body interactions on a triangular lattice, in the presence of an external field. With an accurate density of states we were able to map out the phase diagram accurately and perform quantitative finite-size analyses at, and away from, the critical endpoint. We observe a clear divergence of the curvature of the spectator phase boundary and of the magnetization coexistence diameter derivative at the critical endpoint, and the exponents for both divergences agree well with previous theoretical predictions.
Center for Simulational Physics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA.
Shan-Ho
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Tsai
Fugao
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Wang
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Landau