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Multicanonical simulations of the 2D spin-$1$ Baxter-Wu model in a crystal field (2204.00047v1)
Published 31 Mar 2022 in cond-mat.stat-mech
Abstract: We investigate aspects of universality in the two-dimensional (2D) spin-$1$ Baxter-Wu model in a crystal field $\Delta$ using a parallel version of the multicanonical algorithm employed at constant temperature $T$. A detailed finite-size scaling analysis in the continuous regime of the $\Delta-T$ phase diagram of the model indicates that the transition belongs to the universality class of the $4$-state Potts model. The presence of first-order-like finite-size effects that become more pronounced as one approaches the pentacritical point of the model is highlighted and discussed.