Theory of the Ising model on a Cayley tree

The Ising model on a Cayley tree is known to exhibit a phase transition of continuous order. In this paper we present a complete and quantitative analysis of the leading singular term in the free energy which is associated with this phase transition. We have been able to solve this problem by considering the distribution of zeros of the partition function. The most interesting new feature in our results is a contribution to the free energy which performs singular oscillations as the magnetic field approaches zero.     

Ising spin system on a Cayley tree: i-δ relations

The i-δ relations, used in recent theories of the transition region of Ising ferromagnets, are shown to be exact on a Cayley tree. The proof uses a theorem due to Falk, and the Callen-Suzuki identity.     

Ising model with competing interactions on a Cayley tree

An iterative scheme is developed for a renormalized effective nearest-neighbor couplingK _r and effective field per siteK _r for spins in therth shell of a Cayley tree with nearest neighborJ, and next nearest neighborJ′, interactions between Ising spins on the lattice. In addition to the expected paramagnetic, ferromagnetic, and antiferromagnetic phases, we find an intermediate range ofJ'/J < 0 values whereX _r, and K_r iterate to a continuous or quasicontinuous attractor in theX-K plane. In this range the local magnetization is mainly chaotic with oscillatory glasslike behavior. Embedded in the chaos, however, are regions of periodic and commensurate phases.     

Yang-Lee zeros of the Ising model on the closed Cayley tree

The Yang-Lee zeros of the partition function of the ferro-, antiferro- and of the partially antiferromagnetic anisotropic Ising models defined on the closed symmetric Cayley tree are studied. The applicability of the Yang-Lee theorem to the antiferromagnetic systems is shown to be a consequence of the invariance of the unit circle under the Bethe-Peierls map. The relationship as well as the distinction between the set of zeros and the Julia set is established. The fractal dimension of the Julia set is shown to be equal to one in the low temperature phase and to be a decreasing function of the temperature in the paramagnetic phase of the three systems.     

Phase transitions of continuous order: Ising model on a Cayley tree

We introduce the notion of a phase transition of continuous order. As a model which displays such a phase transition an Ising model on a Cayley tree is solved exactly and discussed in detail.     

Spin-glass and spin-crystal phase transition of a regular Ising model on the Cayley tree

A regular Ising model with nearest-neighbour interaction of +J and -J on a Cayley tree is reported to show a phase transition from the paramagnetic phase to the spin-glass and spin-crystal phase in a uniform external field below a critical value h_c.     

The Ising model on a closed Cayley tree: Zeros of the partition function

It is shown that the zeros of the partition function of an Ising model defined on the closed Cayley tree have a particularly simple structure in the complex interface interaction plane.     

Higher-order susceptibilities of the regular and the random Ising model on the Cayley tree. I

Explicit expressions for the fourth-order susceptibility (⁴), the fourth derivative of thebulk free energy with respect to the external field, are given for the regular and the random-bond Ising model on the Cayley tree in the thermodynamic limit, at zero external field. The fourth-order susceptibility for the regular system diverges at temperature T _c ⁽⁴⁾ = 2k _B ^–1 J/ln{1+2/[(z–1)^3/4–1]}, confirming a result obtained by Müller-Hartmann and Zittartz [Phys. Rev. Lett. 33:893 (1974)]; Herez is the coordination number of the lattice,J is the exchange integral, andk _B is the Boltzmann constant. The temperatures at which ⁽⁴⁾ and the ordinary susceptibility (²) diverge are given also for the random-bond and the random-site Ising model and for diluted Ising models.     

Third and fourth order phase transitions: Exact solution for the Ising model on the Cayley tree

In this work we present the first exact solution of a system of interacting particles with phase transitions of order higher than two. The presented analytical derivation shows that the Ising model on the Cayley tree exhibits a line of third order phase transition points, between temperatures and , and a line of fourth order phase transitions between T_BP and ∞, where k_B is the Boltzmann constant, and J is the nearest-neighbor interaction parameter.     

Competing Ising interactions and chaotic glass-like behaviour on a Cayley tree

For the Ising model on a Cayley tree with competing nearest neighbour coupling J and next nearest neighbour coupling J′, we find in addition to the expected paramagnetic, ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic phases, an intermediate range of J′/J < 0 values where the local magnetization has chaotic oscillatory glass-like behaviour.     

Ising model on the generalized Bruhat-Tits tree

The partition function and the correlation functions of the Ising model on the generalized Bruhat-Tits tree are calculated. We computed also the averages of these correlation functions when the corresponding vertices are attached to the boundary of the generalized Bruhat-Tits tree.     

Decomposition of Ising spin of spin-S Ising model

We propose a general method by which an Ising spin of a spin-S Ising model is decomposed into Ising spins less than S. Some exactly solvable spin-S Ising models with S greater than 1/2 are obtained without using Horiguchi's condition or its extended conditions. These systems are reduced to the Ising model of spin ± 1 or an Ashkin-Teller model.     

Ising model on the generalized Bruhat-Tits tree

The partition function and the correlation functions of the Ising model on the generalized Bruhat-Tits tree are calculated. We computed also the averages of these correlation functions when the corresponding vertices are attached to the boundary of the generalized Bruhat-Tits tree.     

Random cluster model on a Cayley tree

The random cluster model of Kasteleyn and Fortuin, which comprises the Ashkin-Teller-Potts model, the Ising model and the bond percolation problem, is solved on a Cayley tree. The solution is discussed both on a whole tree including the surface and in the interior of a tree. Emphasis is put on including several external fields into the model. Phase transitions and phase diagrams are investigated extensively.     

s-State potts model on a Cayley tree

The Potts model is shown to exhibit a phase transition of continuous order on a Cayley tree. The leading nonanalytic part of the free energy ∣L∣ ^$\text{K}$_s involves a critical exponent $\text{K}$_s going from one to infinity as the coupling goes f rom infinity to K_BP, the Bethe-Peierls critical coupling.