Interfaces of Ground States in Ising Models with Periodic Coefficients

We study the interfaces of ground states of ferromagnetic Ising models with external fields. We show that, if the coefficients of the interaction and the magnetic field are periodic, the magnetic field has zero flux over a period and is small enough, then for every plane, we can find a ground state whose interface lies at a bounded distance of the plane. This bound on the width of the interface can be chosen independent of the plane. We also study the average energy of the plane-like interfaces as a function of the direction. We show that there is a well defined thermodynamic limit for the energy of the interface and that it enjoys several convexity properties.     

Short-Time Dynamics of the Three-Dimensional Ising Model with Competing Interactions

The critical relaxation from the low-temperature ordered state of the three-dimensional Ising model with competing interactions on a simple cubic lattice has been studied for the first time using the short-time dynamics method. Competition between exchange interactions is due to the ferromagnetic interaction between the nearest neighbors and the antiferromagnetic interaction between the next nearest neighbors. Particles containing 262144 spins with periodic boundary conditions have been studied. Calculations have been performed by the standard Metropolis Monte Carlo algorithm. The static critical exponents of the magnetization and correlation radius have been calculated. The dynamic critical exponent of the model under study has been calculated for the first time.     

Critical Temperature of Periodic Ising Models

A periodic Ising model has interactions which are invariant under translations of a full-rank sublattice of . We prove an exact, quantitative characterization of the critical temperature, defined as the supremum of temperatures for which the spontaneous magnetization is strictly positive. For the ferromagnetic model, the critical temperature is the solution of a certain algebraic equation, resulting from the condition that the spectral curve of the corresponding dimer model on the Fisher graph has a real zero on the unit torus. With our technique we provide a simple proof for the exponential decay of spin-spin correlations above the critical temperature, as well as the exponential decay of the edge-edge correlations for all non-critical edge weights of the corresponding dimer model on periodic Fisher graphs.     

Thermodynamic and Magnetic Properties of the Two-Dimensional Anisotropic Ising Model with Competing Interactions

Physics of the Solid State - The two-dimensional anisotropic Ising model with competing interactions is studied on a square lattice by Monte Carlo methods using the Wang–Landau algorithm. The...     

A Constructive Description of Ground States and Gibbs Measures for Ising Model with Two-Step Interactions on Cayley Tree

We consider the Ising model with (competing) two-step interactions and spin values ± 1, on a Cayley tree of order k ≥ 1. We constructively describe ground states and verify the Peierls condition for the model. We define notion of a contour for the model on the Cayley tree. Using a contour argument we show the existence of two different Gibbs measures.     

Studying Thermodynamic Properties of the Ising Model on a Body-Centered Cubic Lattice with Competing Exchange Interactions

Physics of the Solid State - Using the Monte Carlo method, magnetic structures of the ground state and thermodynamic properties of the antiferromagnetic Ising model on a body-centered cubic lattice...     

Non-degenerated Ground States and Low-degenerated Excited States in the Antiferromagnetic Ising Model on Triangulations

We study the unexpected asymptotic behavior of the degeneracy of the first few energy levels in the antiferromagnetic Ising model on triangulations of closed Riemann surfaces. There are strong mathematical and physical reasons to expect that the number of ground states (i.e., degeneracy) of the antiferromagnetic Ising model on the triangulations of a fixed closed Riemann surface is exponential in the number of vertices. In the set of plane triangulations, the degeneracy equals the number of perfect matchings of the geometric duals, and thus it is exponential by a recent result of Chudnovsky and Seymour. From the physics point of view, antiferromagnetic triangulations are geometrically frustrated systems, and in such systems exponential degeneracy is predicted. We present results that contradict these predictions. We prove that for each closed Riemann surface S of positive genus, there are sequences of triangulations of S with exactly one ground state. One possible explanation of this phenomenon is that exponential degeneracy would be found in the excited states with energy close to the ground state energy. However, as our second result, we show the existence of a sequence of triangulations ${(\mathcal{T}_n)}$ of a closed Riemann surface of genus 10 with exactly one ground state such that the degeneracy of each of the 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th excited energy levels belongs to O(n), O(n ²), O(n ³) and O(n ⁴), respectively.     

One-Dimensional Ising Models with Long Range Interactions: Cluster Expansion,Phase-Separating Point

We consider the phase separation problem for the one-dimensional ferromagnetic Ising model with long-range two-body interaction, J(n) = n ^?2+α , where ${n\in {\rm {I\!N}}}$ denotes the distance of the two spins and ${\alpha \in [0,\alpha_+[}$ with α ₊ = (log 3)/(log 2) ?1. We prove that when α = 0 the localization of the phase separation fluctuates macroscopically with a non-uniform explicit limiting law, while when 0 < α < α ₊ the macroscopic fluctuations disappear and mesoscopic ones appear with a gaussian behavior when conveniently scaled. The mean magnetization profile is also given.     

Ground State of an Antiferromagnetic Three-State Potts Model on a Triangular Lattice with Competing Interactions

The ground state of the spin structures described by an antiferromagnetic three-state Potts model on a triangular lattice is studied with allowance for the next-nearest neighbors. The numerical data obtained by the Monte Carlo method are used to reveal the ranges of ordered and disordered phases in these structures.     

Topological Invariants of Edge States for Periodic Two-Dimensional Models

Transfer matrix methods and intersection theory are used to calculate the bands of edge states for a wide class of periodic two-dimensional tight-binding models including a sublattice and spin degree of freedom. This allows to define topological invariants by considering the associated Bott–Maslov indices which can be easily calculated numerically. For time-reversal symmetric systems in the symplectic universality class this leads to a ${\mathbb Z}_2$ -invariant for the edge states. It is shown that the edge state invariants are related to Chern numbers of the bulk systems and also to (spin) edge currents, in the spirit of the theory of topological insulators.     

On an Algebraic Property of the Disordered Phase of the Ising Model with Competing Interactions on a Cayley Tree

It is known that the disordered phase of the classical Ising model on the Caley tree is extreme in some region of the temperature. If one considers the Ising model with competing interactions on the same tree, then about the extremity of the disordered phase there is no any information. In the present paper, we first aiming to analyze the correspondence between Gibbs measures and QMC’s on trees. Namely, we establish that states associated with translation invariant Gibbs measures of the model can be seen as diagonal quantum Markov chains on some quasi local algebra. Then as an application of the established correspondence, we study some algebraic property of the disordered phase of the Ising model with competing interactions on the Cayley tree of order two. More exactly, we prove that a state corresponding to the disordered phase is not quasi-equivalent to other states associated with translation invariant Gibbs measures. This result shows how the translation invariant states relate to each other, which is even a new phenomena in the classical setting. To establish the main result we basically employ methods of quantum Markov chains.     

纵向横向晶体场中自旋为1的量子伊辛二聚化链的基态

研究纵向横向晶体场中自旋为1的量子伊辛自旋二聚化链的基态,发现模型存在一种隐藏的守恒量.采用Jordan-Wigner变换可将其严格映射到自旋为1/2的横场伊辛模型,得到基态能谱的严格解析表达式,给出最小费米激发能隙、最小空穴激发能隙、横向磁矩、横向统计磁化率、最近邻纵向自旋关联函数及基态相图.结果表明:系统的基态强烈依赖于系统的参数,当晶体场二聚化强度变化时系统会呈现一系列量子相变现象.     

On Gibbs Measures of Models with Competing Ternary and Binary Interactions and Corresponding von Neumann Algebras

In the present paper a model with competing ternary (J ₂) and binary (J ₁) interactions with spin values ±1, on a Cayley tree is considered. One studies the structure of Gibbs measures for the model considered. It is known, that under some conditions on parameters J ₁,J ₂ (resp. in the opposite case) there are three (resp. a unique) translation-invariant Gibbs measures. We prove, that two of them (minimal and maximal) are extreme in the set of all Gibbs measures and also construct two periodic (with period 2) and uncountable number of distinct non-translation-invariant Gibbs measures. One shows that they are extreme. Besides, types of von Neumann algebras, generated by GNS-representation associated with diagonal states corresponding to extreme periodic Gibbs measures, are determined. Namely, it is shown that an algebra associated with the unordered phase is a factor of type III _λ , where λ=exp{?2βJ ₂}, β>0 is the inverse temperature. We find conditions, which ensure that von Neumann algebras, associated with the periodic Gibbs measures, are factors of type III _δ , otherwise they have type III₁.     

Clustering Property of Quantum Markov Chain Associated to XY-model with Competing Ising Interactions on the Cayley Tree of Order Two

Mathematical Physics, Analysis and Geometry - In this paper, we obtain a lower bound for the generalized normalized δ-Casorati curvatures of submanifolds in pointwise Kenmotsu space forms,...     

Competing interactions in double-chains: Ising and spherical models

We investigate the thermodynamic properties of double chains of Ising and spherical spins with different first and a crossed second neighbour interaction in zero field. The interest is focussed on the region where different ground states are nearly degenerate due to competing interaction constants. The Ising system shows quasi-singular behaviour of the susceptibility for certain ratios of parameters. Moreover the nearest neighbour correlation function exhibits a sharp crossover from high-temperature “compensation-point” to low temperature ferro- or antiferromagnetic behaviour. An analogy is found between compensation points and tricritical points of higher dimensional systems.