Abstract
The phase transition of the classical two-dimensional Potts model, in particular the order of the transition as the number of components increases, is studied by constructing renormalization-group transformations on the equivalent one-dimensional quantum problem. It is shown that the block transformation with two sites per cell indicates the existence of a critical separating the small- and large- regions with different critical behaviors. The physically accessible fixed point for is a discontinuity fixed point where the specific-heat exponent , and therefore the transition is of first order.
- Received 27 May 1980
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.24.218
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