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We solve the mean-field equations for a lattice gas in the presence of a substrate. All forces in the system are long ranged. We show that, for a suitable choice of potentials, critical wetting can occur and we observe it explicitly for the first time. This contrasts with all previous calculations and with claims in the literature that first-order wetting is generic.
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Dietrich et al. (1985) studied this question.
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