Renormalization Group Studies of Vertex Models
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In this thesis we use renormalization group methods to study the critical behaviour of the staggered F-model. This model is a six vertex model that can be used to calculate the thermodynamic properties of a facet of a BCC crystal in the (100) direction.
55 pages, latex. Corrected some typos and simplified the free fermion expansion
55 pages, latex. Corrected some typos and simplified the free fermion expansion