• Title of article

    Dimer problem on the cylinder and torus

  • Author/Authors

    Weigen Yan، نويسنده , , Yeong-Nan Yeh، نويسنده , , Fuji Zhang، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
  • Pages
    10
  • From page
    6069
  • To page
    6078
  • Abstract
    We obtain explicit expressions of the number of close-packed dimers and entropy for three types of lattices (the so-called 8.8.6, 8.8.4, and hexagonal lattices) with cylindrical boundary condition and the entropy of the 8.8.6 lattice with toroidal boundary condition. Our results and the one on 8.8.4 and hexagonal lattices with toroidal boundary condition by Salinas and Nagle [S.R. Salinas, J.F. Nagle, Theory of the phase transition in the layered hydrogen-bonded SnCl2 2H2O crystal, Phys. Rev. B 9 (1974) 4920–4931] and Wu [F.Y. Wu, Dimers on two-dimensional lattices, Inter. J. Modern Phys. B 20 (2006) 5357–5371] imply that the 8.8.6 (or 8.8.4) lattices with cylindrical and toroidal boundary conditions have the same entropy whereas the hexagonal lattices have not. Based on these facts we propose the following problem: under which conditions do the lattices with cylindrical and toroidal boundary conditions have the same entropy?
  • Journal title
    Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
  • Record number

    872792