{
  "id": "cond-mat/0112050",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2001-12-04T12:34:41.000Z",
  "updated": "2001-12-04T12:34:41.000Z",
  "title": "Numerical comparison of two approaches for the study of phase transitions in small systems",
  "authors": [
    "Nelson A. Alves",
    "Jeaneti P. N. Ferrite",
    "Ulrich H. E. Hansmann"
  ],
  "comment": "16 pages and 7 figures",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. E65 (2002) 036110",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevE.65.036110",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech",
    "q-bio"
  ],
  "abstract": "We compare two recently proposed methods for the characterization of phase transitions in small systems. The validity and usefulness of these approaches are studied for the case of the q=4 and q=5 Potts model, i.e. systems where a thermodynamic limit and exact results exist. Guided by this analysis we discuss then the helix-coil transition in polyalanine, an example of structural transitions in biological molecules.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2001-12-04T12:34:41.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "phase transitions",
      "small systems",
      "numerical comparison",
      "approaches",
      "potts model"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. E"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 16,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}