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The amplitudeτ 0 of the interfacial free energy per unit area (or surface tension) of the body-centered-cubic Ising model is found using a direct monte carlo simulation technique. The combinationτξ 2/kBTc, whereξ is the correlation length, is shown to agree within the precision of the simulations with a previously reported estimate for the simple cubic lattice. Evidence is also presented for the universality of the finite-size scaling amplitude for the surface tension.
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Mon, K.K., Jasnow, D. Surface tension and universality in the three-dimensional Ising model. J Stat Phys 41, 273–280 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01020613
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01020613