In this study, a novel unifi ed framework for the study of both microstructural evolution and the mechanical property quantifi cation is proposed. The multistate Potts model is used to simulate the microstructural evolution, whereas a volume-compensated particle method (VCPM) is used for the mechanical property quantifi cation of the steady state microstructure. The VCPM proposed by Chen and co...

Jorge Gaspar, MD Ignacio Chávez National Institute of Cardiology Mexico City, Mexico Despite advances in pharmacologic treatment, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) remains a fatal disease. In recent years, surgical/interventional approaches including balloon dilation atrial septostomy and Potts anastomosis have been applied to improve the hemodynamic variables associated with right ventricu...

We prove that the 3-state Potts antiferromagnet on the diced lattice (dual of the kagome lattice) has entropically driven long-range order at low temperatures (including zero). We then present Monte Carlo simulations, using a cluster algorithm, of the 3-state and 4-state models. The 3-state model has a phase transition to the high-temperature disordered phase at v=e;{J}-1=-0.860 599+/-0.000 004...

The purpose of this article is to provide a starter kit for multicanonical simulations in statistical physics. Fortran code for the q-state Potts model in d = 2, 3, . . . dimensions can be downloaded from the Web and this paper describes simulation results, which are in all details reproducible by running prepared programs. To allow for comparison with exact results, the internal energy, the sp...