arXiv:hep-lat/0306029·v1·High Energy Physics — Lattice

Three-dimensional Gonihedric Potts model

P.Dimopoulos (Roma 2 Un.)🇮🇹 · G.Koutsoumbas (NTUA)🇬🇷 · G.Savvidy (NRCPS Demokritos)🇬🇷

Abstract

We study, by the Mean Field and Monte Carlo methods, a generalized q-state Potts gonihedric model. The phase transition of the model becomes stronger with increasing $q .$ The value $k_{c} (q),$ at which the phase transition becomes second order, turns out to be an increasing function of $q .$

Comments: 11 pages, 7 figures