Simulation of the Three-Component Potts Model on a Hexagonal Lattice by the Monte Carlo Method

Abstract

Computer simulation of the three-component Potts model on a hexagonal lattice was carried out using the Monte Carlo method. Systems with linear dimensions L × L = N, L = 10–320 in units of interatomic distances are considered. Based on the theory of finite-size scaling, the static critical exponents of heat capacity α, susceptibility γ, magnetization β, and correlation radius ν are calculated. The data we obtained confirm that in the considered Potts model on a hexagonal lattice, a second-order phase transition is observed with critical exponents corresponding to the universality class of the three-component Potts model.