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In the present study we establish a phase transition in the nearest-neighbor continuum Potts model. The repulsion between particles of different type acts only on a nearest-neighbor graph, more precisely a subgraph of the Delaunay graph. This work is an adaptation of the Lebowitz and Lieb soft-core continuum Potts model.
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Bertin, E., Billiot, JM. & Drouilhet, R. Phase Transition in the Nearest-Neighbor Continuum Potts Model. Journal of Statistical Physics 114, 79–100 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOSS.0000003056.84984.8b
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