Yang-Lee zeros of the Potts model

The Yang-Lee zeros of the three-component ferromagnetic Potts model in one dimension in the complex plane of an applied field are determined. The phase diagram consists of a triple point where three phases coexist. Emerging from the triple point are three lines on which two phases coexist and which terminate at critical points (Yang-Lee edge singularity). The zeros do not all lie on the imaginary axis but along the three two-phase lines. The model can be generalized to give rise to a tricritical point which is a new type of Yang-Lee edge singularity. Gibbs phase rule is generalized to apply to coexisting phases in the complex plane.Supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DMR-81-06151.     

Zeros of the Potts model partition function on Sierpinski graphs

We calculate zeros of the q-state Potts model partition function on m  ?th-iterate Sierpinski graphs, _Sm$S_m$, in the variable q and in a temperature-like variable, y  . We infer some conjectured asymptotic properties of the loci of zeros in the limit m→∞$m\to \infty$ and relate these to thermodynamic properties of the q  -state Potts ferromagnet and antiferromagnet on the Sierpinski gasket fractal, _S∞$S_{\infty }$.     

Yang–Lee zeros of the Ising model on random graphs of non planar topology

We obtain in a closed form the 1/N² contribution to the free energy of the two Hermitian N×N random matrix model with nonsymmetric quartic potential. From this result, we calculate numerically the Yang–Lee zeros of the 2D Ising model on dynamical random graphs with the topology of a torus up to n=16 vertices. They are found to be located on the unit circle on the complex fugacity plane. In order to include contributions of even higher topologies we calculated analytically the nonperturbative (sum over all genus) partition function of the model for the special cases of N=1,2 and graphs with n≤20 vertices. Once again the Yang–Lee zeros are shown numerically to lie on the unit circle on the complex fugacity plane. Our results thus generalize previous numerical results on random graphs by going beyond the planar approximation and strongly indicate that there might be a generalization of the Lee–Yang circle theorem for dynamical random graphs.     

The phase diagram of the 2D Ising model with anisotropic next-nearest-neighbor and four-spin interactions

In the present paper, the two-dimensional Ising model with anisotropic nearest-neighbor, next-nearest-neighbor and four-spin interactions has been studied. The ground states and energy of the model have been obtained. The model is equivalent to an eight-vertex model on its dual lattice. In some special cases, the model can be solved exactly as a zero-field eight-vertex model or a free-fermion model. Explicit phase diagrams are obtained exactly.     

钻石分形晶格上Ising模型的配分函数与关联函数

用参数变换方法,研究了钻石分形晶格上Ising自旋模型.精确求解了零场和非零场中系统的配分函数、自由能和关联函数,尤其推得了关联函数方程及其渐近行为的解析形式.结果表明，其关联行为与平移对称晶格上的Ising自旋系统类似. 关键词： Ising模型 外磁场 钻石分形晶格 关联函数     

Critical properties of the anisotropic Ising model with competing interactions

The critical properties of the anisotropic Ising model with competing interactions have been investigated by Monte Carlo methods. The region of localization of the Lifshitz point on the phase diagram has been computed. Relations of the finite-size scaling theory are used to calculate the critical exponents of the heat capacity, susceptibility, and magnetization at various values of the competing interaction parameter J ₁. A crossover to a critical behavior characteristic of a multicritical point with increasing parameter J ₁ is shown to be present in the system.     

Zeros of the finite-size scaling region partition function for a model with a wetting transition

We derive a finite-size scaling representation for the partition function for an Onsager-Temperley string model with a wetting transition, and analyze the zeros of this partition function in the complex scaled coupling parameter of relevance. The system models the one-dimensional interface between two phases in a rectangular two-dimensional region (x, y) ²,–L yL,oxN. The two phases are at coexistence. The string or interface has a surface tension 2KkT per unit length and an extra Boltzmann weighta per unit length if it touches the surfaces aty=±L. There is a critical valuea _c=1/2K and fora>a _c the string is confined to one of the surfaces, while fora a _c the string moves roughly in the rectangular region. The finite-size scaling parameters are =a _c ² N/L ² and =L(a–a _c)/a _c ² . We find that for || large, the zeros of the scaled partition function lie close to the lines arg()=±/4 with re()>0. We discuss the motion of all the zeros as changes by both analytic and numerical arguments.     

Phase diagram of the antiferromagnetic triangular Ising model with anisotropic interactions

It is argued that there exist two antiferromagnetic phases in the triangular Ising model with anisotropic interactions. A method due to Müller-Hartmann and Zittartz (MZ) is used to derive a closed-form expression for the phase boundary. We also give a criterion under which the MZ method is expected to be applicable and accurate.Work supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation.     

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.     

Exact solution of a general two-dimensional Ising model: The partition function

The exact partition function per spin is obtained for a two-dimensional generalization of the Ising model. This general model consists of a unitary cell that is repeated throughout the system. The unitary cell is made up of spins in t columns and q rows with arbitrary energies between them. The exact result is given in terms of certain Ψ quantities (see section 2), which can be determined for particular cases.

It is always possible to transform the unit cell in order to obtain a desired given model. Thus, the results for several known models are recovered, e.g., the Utiyama and the hexagonal (with three different interaction parameters) models. Furthermore, explicit results are presented for other models hitherto not reported in the literature, as are the general hexagonal (with six different interaction parameters), the general triangular model (with six different interaction parameters) and the tetragonal-triangular (with seven different interaction parameters) models.     

The transverse spin-1 Ising model with random interactions

The phase diagrams of the transverse spin-1 Ising model with random interactions are investigated using a new technique in the effective field theory that employs a probability distribution within the framework of the single-site cluster theory based on the use of exact Ising spin identities. A model is adopted in which the nearest-neighbor exchange couplings are independent random variables distributed according to the law P(J_ij)=pδ(J_ij−J)+(1−p)δ(J_ij−αJ). General formulae, applicable to lattices with coordination number N, are given. Numerical results are presented for a simple cubic lattice. The possible reentrant phenomenon displayed by the system due to the competitive effects between exchange interactions occurs for the appropriate range of the parameter α.     

Zeros of the partition function and Gaussian inequalities for the plane rotator model

The partition function for ferromagnetic plane rotators in a complex external field , with ¦Im ¦ ¦Re ¦, is bounded below in modulus by its value at =0. The proof is based on complex combinations of duplicated variables which are positive definite on a subgroup of the configuration group. In the isotropic situation (and =0), the associated Gaussian inequalities imply that all truncated correlation functions decay at least as the two-point function.     

Exact solution on the magnetism and ferroelectricity in the Ising spin chain

In this paper, we explore the magnetoelectric coupling in Ca₃CoMnO₆-type compound with the consideration of interaction between spins. Under the linear approximation of nearest-neighbor spin interaction with respect to the ion displacement, both the Hamiltonian and the partition function of the system can be simplified as the summation of two independent items, one is linear harmonic oscillator relevant to the lattice vibration, and the other is only relevant to the spin. We obtain the magnetic and ferroelectric quantities of Ca₃CoMnO₆-type rigorously on the basis of the transfer-matrix method, qualitatively exhibiting the corresponding curves taken in the presence of temperature for zero magnetic field and various magnetic fields, respectively, and our calculation results are basically consistent with the behaviors in the experiment. We find that the magnetic susceptibility in the absence of magnetic field takes on the features of ferromagnetic Ising-like behavior. Moreover, the influence of different next-nearest-neighbor exchange interaction on the magnetic susceptibility and relative dielectric constant is given as well, exhibiting the corresponding complex response of the magnetic susceptibility based on the up-up-down-down spin structure.     

Restrictions on the phase diagrams for a large class of multisite interaction spin systems

Through the proof of two very general theorems involving Ising spin systems with multisite interactions, specific regions of the complexh plane, whereh is the external magnetic field, are shown to be free of zeros of the partition function. Hence in these regions the partition function is analytic and phase transitions are absent. As an example: for systems with ferromagnetic multisite interactions involving even numbers of sites, no phase transition occurs outside of an interval centered on the origin of the realh axis and of the form (–C(T),C(T)), whereT is the temperature. For T0,C(T)0 and phase transitions can occur only ath=0.     

The direct correlation function of a one-dimensional Ising model

The strictly finite range of the direct correlation function for a homogeneous nearest neughbor Ising chain is shown to persist in the presence of arbitrary site-dependent coupling constants and an arbitrary external field. A method is developed to examine the range of the direct correlation function for many-neighbor interactions. It is found from numerical examples that, in general, third-neighbor and higher interactions induce long-range direct correlations, as does the presence of a field in the second-neighbor case.     

次近邻作用对随机量子Ising系统动力学性质的影响

利用递推关系方法在高温极限下研究了具有次近邻自旋耦合相互作用的一维随机量子Ising系统的动力学性质,求解了系统的自关联函数及谱密度.假设自旋耦合参量或横向磁场满足双高斯分布,研究发现当随机变量的标准偏差σJ(σB)较小时系统的动力学性质存在从集体模行为到中心峰值行为的交跨效应,当σJ(σB)较大时,交跨效应消失,系统只表现一种动力学行为.讨论了次近邻相互作用对系统动力学性质的影响,发现当KiJ2i(Ji和Ki分别为近邻和次近邻相互作用)时次近邻相互作用对系统动力学性质的影响不太明显,可以忽略;当Ki2Ji时,次近邻相互作用使得系统的中心峰值行为表现得更加明显,或使其集体模行为呈减弱的趋势.     

Analytical properties of the anisotropic cubic Ising model

We combine an exact functional relation, the inversion relation, with conventional high-temperature expansions to explore the analytic properties of the anisotropic Ising model on both the square and simple cubic lattice. In particular, we investigate the nature of the singularities that occur in partially resummed expansions of the partition function and of the susceptibility.     

Modulated phases and the mean-field theory of magnetism with competing interactions

The mean-field theory of an Ising magnet with infinitely weak, infinitely long-range potentials of arbitrary sign is presented in terms of a variational principle for the magnetization. Previous studies of the theory have revealed paramagnetic, ferromagnetic, and modulated phases. For a particular choice of potential, which is an obvious continuous version of the between-plane ANNNI model interaction, exact solutions of the stationary condition implied by the variational principle are obtained. This leads us to formulate a trial magnetization to well describe the modulated phase in general. To illustrate the utility of the trial magnetization, both analytic and numerical calculations are performed, which determine the wavenumber in certain portions of the modulated phase for the above-mentioned potential.