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Complete wetting in the three-dimensional transverse Ising model

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We consider a three-dimensional Ising model in a transverse magnetic fieldh and a bulk fieldH. An interface is introduced by an appropriate choice of boundary conditions. At the point (H=0,h=0) spin configurations corresponding to different positions of the interface are degenerate. By studying the phase diagram near this multiphase point using quantum mechanical perturbation theory, we show that the quantum fluctuations, controlled byh, split the multiphase degeneracy giving rise to an infinite sequence of layering transitions.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, 19104-6396, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A. B. Harris

  2. Theoretical Physics, Oxford University, OX1 3NP, Oxford, UK

    C. Micheletti & J. M. Yeomans

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Harris, A.B., Micheletti, C. & Yeomans, J.M. Complete wetting in the three-dimensional transverse Ising model. J Stat Phys 84, 323–335 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02179645

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