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Critical point of a triangular Potts model with two- and three-site interactions

F Y Wu and R K P Zia

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The q-state Potts model on the triangular lattice with nearest-neighbour interactions and three-site interactions in half of the triangular faces is considered. The exact duality relation is re-examined from the point of view of determining its critical point. Using the continuity and uniqueness arguments the authors determine the exact critical point in the ferromagnetic model. It is argued that a transition exists in an antiferromagnetic model only for q=3. A conjecture is then made on the phase diagram for the q=3 isotropic model. These results are used to determine the exact criticality of a dilute Potts model on the honeycomb lattice.


PACS

05.50.+q Lattice theory and statistics (Ising, Potts, etc.)

75.40.-s Critical-point effects, specific heats, short-range order

75.30.Kz Magnetic phase boundaries (including magnetic transitions, metamagnetism, etc.)

75.10.Hk Classical spin models

MSC

82B20 Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs

82B26 Phase transitions (general)

82B27 Critical phenomena

Subjects

Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical

Statistical physics and nonlinear systems

Dates

Issue 3 (1 March 1981)



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