Complete wetting in the three-dimensional transverse Ising model

Abstract

We consider a three-dimensional Ising model in a transverse magnetic field, $h$ and a bulk field $H$. 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 that quantum fluctuations, controlled by $h$, split the multiphase degeneracy giving rise to an infinite sequence of layering transitions.

16 pages (revtex) including 8 figs; to appear in J. Stat. Phys

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• DOMAIN WALLS IN THE QUANTUM TRANSVERSE ISING MODEL

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