Exploring first-order phase transitions with population annealing Lev Yu. Barash, Martin Weigel, Lev N. Shchur and Wolfhard Janke Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics, 226 4 (2017) 595-604 Published online: 05 April 2017 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2016-60389-4