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Layering in the Ising Model

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We consider the three-dimensional Ising model in a half-space with a boundary field (no bulk field). We compute the low-temperature expansion of layering transition lines.

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  1. Department of Mathematics KAP 108, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-2532, USA

    Kenneth S. Alexander

  2. , Université de Cergy-Pontoise, 95302, Cergy-Pontoise, France

    François Dunlop

  3. Centre de Physique Théorique, CNRS, Case 907, 13288, Marseille cedex 9, France

    Salvador Miracle-Solé

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Alexander, K.S., Dunlop, F. & Miracle-Solé, S. Layering in the Ising Model. J Stat Phys 141, 217–241 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-010-0042-5

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