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JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS-THEORY AND EXPERIMENT
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IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2008/03/P03015
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classical Monte Carlo simulations; classical phase transitions (theory); finite-size scaling; sampling algorithms and rapid mixing
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Two numerical strategies based on the Wang-Landau and Lee entropic sampling schemes are implemented to investigate the. first-order transition features of the 3D bimodal (+/- h) random-field Ising model at the strong disorder regime. We consider simple cubic lattices with linear sizes in the range L = 4-32 and simulate the system for two values of the disorder strength: h = 2 and 2.25. The nature of the transition is elucidated by applying the Lee-Kosterlitz free-energy barrier method. Our results indicate that, despite the strong. first-order-like characteristics, the transition remains continuous, in disagreement with the early mean-field theory prediction of a tricritical point at high values of the random field.
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