Damage Spreading in a 2D Ising Model with Swendsen–Wang Dynamics

Damage spreading for Ising cluster dynamics is investigated numerically by using random numbers in a way that conforms with the notion of submitting the two evolving replicas to the same thermal noise. Two damage spreading transitions are found; damage does not spread either at low or high temperatures. We determine some critical exponents at the high-temperature transition point, which seem consistent with directed percolation.     

Critical Spreading of Active Region in a Ladder Model Possessing Infinite Absorbing States

The spreading of active region of the ladder model is simulated. Finite-time scaling behaviors are observed in the vicinity of the critical point.     

Interference in the Quantum Ising Model

Using the measure of interference defined in this paper, we investigate the quantum phase transition of one-dimensional Ising chains. We find that thermal fluctuations affect the interference more strongly at the critical point. We also show that the derivative of the interference with respect to the coupling parameter, A, can be depressed by the thermal fluctuation. Finally, we find that this suppression is due to multi-particle excitations.     

Dynamics of the Random Ising Model with Long-Range Interaction

Critical dynamics of the random Ising model with long-range interaction decaying as r-(d σ) where d is the dimensionality) is studied by the theoretic renormalization-group approach. The system is released to an evolution within a model A dynamics. Asymptotic scaling laws are studied in a frame of the expansion in = 2σ - d. In dimensions d ＜ 2σ. the dynamic exponent z is calculated to the second order in at the random fixed point.``     

Super-sensitivity in Dynamics of Ising Model with Transverse Field: From Perspective of Franck-Condon Principle

We study the role of Franck-Condon (F-C) principle in the dynamics of a central spin system, which is coupled to an Ising chain in transverse field. The transition process of energy levels caused by the excited central spin is studied to manifest the quantum critical effect through the Franck-Condon principle. The super-sensitivity of this quantum critical system is demonstrated clearly from the properties of Franck-Condon factors. We analytically show how spin numbers, coupling strength and order parameter of the Ising chain sensitively effect on the energy level populations in dynamical evolution near the critical point. This super-sensitivity and criticality are explicitly displayed in absorption spectrum.     

Existence and Order of the Phase Transition of the Ising Model with Fixed Magnetization

Properties of the two dimensional Ising model with fixed magnetization are deduced from known exact results on the two dimensional Ising model. The existence of a continuous phase transition is shown for arbitrary values of the fixed magnetization when crossing the boundary of the coexistence region. Modifications of this result for systems of spatial dimension greater than two are discussed.     

Phase Diagram of Transverse Spin-2 Ising Model with Longitudinal Crystal Field

The transverse spin-2 Ising ferromagnetic model with a longitudinal crystal field is studied within the mean-field theory. The phase diagrams and magnetization curves are obtained by diagonalizing the Hamiltonian Hi of the Ising system numerically, and the first order-order phase transitions, the first order-disorder phase transitions, and the second-order phase transitions are discussed in details. Reentrant phenomena occur when the value of the transverse field is not zero and the reentrant diagram is given.     

Some New Results on the Kinetic Ising Model in a Pure Phase

We consider a general class of Glauber dynamics reversible with respect to the standard Ising model in ^d with zero external field and inverse temperature strictly larger than the critical value _c in dimension 2 or the so called slab threshold in dimension d 3. We first prove that the inverse spectral gap in a large cube of side N with plus boundary conditions is, apart from logarithmic corrections, larger than N in d = 2 while the logarithmic Sobolev constant is instead larger than N ² in any dimension. Such a result substantially improves over all the previous existing bounds and agrees with a similar computations obtained in the framework of a one dimensional toy model based on mean curvature motion. The proof, based on a suggestion made by H. T. Yau some years ago, explicitly constructs a subtle test function which forces a large droplet of the minus phase inside the plus phase. The relevant bounds for general d 2 are then obtained via a careful use of the recent –approach to the Wulff construction. Finally we prove that in d = 2 the probability that two independent initial configurations, distributed according to the infinite volume plus phase and evolving under any coupling, agree at the origin at time t is bounded from below by a stretched exponential , again apart from logarithmic corrections. Such a result should be considered as a first step toward a rigorous proof that, as conjectured by Fisher and Huse some years ago, the equilibrium time auto-correlation of the spin at the origin decays as a stretched exponential in d = 2.     

Damage spreading on the 3–12 lattice with competing Glauber and Kawasaki dynamics

The damage spreading of the Ising model on the 3–12 lattice with competing Glauber and Kawasaki dynamics is studied. The difference between the two kinds of nearest-neighboring spin interactions (interaction between two 12-gons, or interaction between a 12-gon and a triangle) are considered in the Hamiltonian. It is shown that the ratio of the interaction strengthF between the two kinds of interactions plays an important role in determining the critical temperature T_d of phase transition from frozen to chaotic. Two methods are used to introduce the bond dilution on the Ising model on the 3–12 lattice: regular and random. The maximum of the average damage spreading 〈D〉_max can approach values lower than 0.5 in both cases and the reason can be attributed to the ’survivors’ among the spins. We have also, for the first time, presented the phase diagram of the mixed G-K dynamics in the 3–12 lattice which shows what happens when going from pure Glauber to pure Kawasaki     

Phase Diagram of Transverse Spin-2 Ising Model with Longitudinal Crystal Field

The transverse spin-2 Ising ferromagnetic model with a longitudinal crystal field is studied within the mean-field theory. The phase diagrams and magnetization curves are obtained by diagonalizing the Hamiltonian H_i of the Ising system numerically, and the first order-order phase transitions, the first order-disorder phase transitions, and the second-order phase transitions are discussed in details. Reentrant phenomenaoccur when the value of the transverse field is not zero and the reentrantdiagram is given.     

Phase transitions in the Ising model with transverse field

We show the existence of a phase transition in the Ising model with transverse field for dimensionsv 2 provided the transverse term is sufficiently small. This is done by proving long-range order occurs using the reflection positivity of the Hamiltonian and localization of eigenvectors.     

Quantum Phase Transitions in <Emphasis Type="Italic">s</Emphasis> = 1/2 Ising Chain in a Regularly Alternating Transverse Field

We consider the ground-state properties of the s = 1/2 Ising chain in a transverse field which varies regularly along the chain having a period of alternation 2. Such a model, similarly to its uniform counterpart, exhibits quantum phase transitions. However, the number and the position of the quantum phase transition points depend on the strength of transverse field modulation. The behaviour in the vicinity of the critical field in most cases remains the same as for the uniform chain (i.e. belongs to the square-lattice Ising model universality class). However, a new critical behaviour may also arise. We report the results for critical exponents obtained partially analytically and partially numerically for very long chains consisting of a few thousand sites.     

Continuously infinite commensurate-incommensurate phase transition of a two-dimensional competing Ising model

We consider the critical behavior of a two-dimensional competing axial Ising model including interactions up to third nearest neighbors in one direction. On the basis of a low-temperature analysis relating the transfer matrix of this model with the Hamiltonian of theS = 1/2XXZ chain, it is shown that the usual square root singularity dominating commensurate-incommensurate phase transitions of two-dimensional systems merges into a continuously infinite transition for certain relations among the coupling parameters. The conjectured equivalence between the maximum eigenstate of the transfer matrix associated with this model and the ground state of theXXZ chain is tested numerically for lattice widths up to 18 sites.     

Ground-State Phase Diagram of Transverse Spin-2 Ising Model with Longitudinal Crystal-Field

The transverse spin-2 Ising ferromagnetic model with a longitudinal crystal-field is studied within the mean-field theory based on Bogoliubov inequality for the Gibbs free energy. The ground-state phase diagram and the tricritical point are obtained in the transverse field Ω/z J-longitudinal crystal D/zJ field plane. We find that there are the first order-order phase transitions in a very smallrange of D/zJ besides the usual first order-disorder phase transitions and the second order-disorder phase transitions.     

Metastability in the Two-Dimensional Ising Model with Free Boundary Conditions

We investigate metastability in the two dimensional Ising model in a square with free boundary conditions at low temperatures. Starting with all spins down in a small positive magnetic field, we show that the exit from this metastable phase occurs via the nucleation of a critical droplet in one of the four corners of the system. We compute the lifetime of the metastable phase analytically in the limit T 0, h 0 and via Monte Carlo simulations at fixed values of T and h and find good agreement. This system models the effects of boundary domains in magnetic storage systems exiting from a metastable phase when a small external field is applied.     

Dynamic phase transitions in a cylindrical Ising nanowire under a time-dependent oscillating magnetic field

The dynamic phase transitions in a cylindrical Ising nanowire system under a time-dependent oscillating external magnetic field for both ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interactions are investigated within the effective-field theory with correlations and the Glauber-type stochastic dynamics approach. The effective-field dynamic equations for the average longitudinal magnetizations on the surface shell and core are derived by employing the Glauber transition rates. Temperature dependence of the dynamic magnetizations, the dynamic total magnetization, the hysteresis loop areas and the dynamic correlations are investigated in order to characterize the nature (first- or second-order) of the dynamic transitions as well as the dynamic phase transition temperatures and the compensation behaviors. The system strongly affected by the surface situations. Some characteristic phenomena are found depending on the ratio of the physical parameters in the surface shell and the core. According to the values of Hamiltonian parameters, five different types of compensation behaviors in the Néel classification nomenclature exist in the system. The system also exhibits a reentrant behavior.     

Dynamic phase transitions in the kinetic mixed spin-1/2 and spin-5/2 Ising model under a time-dependent oscillating magnetic field

We calculate the dynamic phase transition (DPT) temperatures and present the dynamic phase diagrams in the kinetic mixed spin-1/2 and spin-5/2 Ising model under the presence of a time-dependent oscillating external magnetic field. We employ the Glauber transition rates to construct the set of mean-field dynamic equations. The time variation of the average magnetizations and the thermal behavior of the dynamic magnetizations are investigated, extensively. The nature (continuous or discontinuous) of the transitions is characterized by studying the thermal behaviors of the dynamic magnetizations. The DPT points are obtained and the phase diagrams are presented in two different planes. Phase diagrams contain four fundamental phases and three coexistence or mixed phases, which strongly depend on interaction parameters. The phase diagrams are discussed and a comparison is made with the results of the other mixed spin Ising systems.     

Thermodynamics of the Ising Model Encoded in Restricted Boltzmann Machines

The restricted Boltzmann machine (RBM) is a two-layer energy-based model that uses its hidden–visible connections to learn the underlying distribution of visible units, whose interactions are often complicated by high-order correlations. Previous studies on the Ising model of small system sizes have shown that RBMs are able to accurately learn the Boltzmann distribution and reconstruct thermal quantities at temperatures away from the critical point Tc. How the RBM encodes the Boltzmann distribution and captures the phase transition are, however, not well explained. In this work, we perform RBM learning of the 2d and 3d Ising model and carefully examine how the RBM extracts useful probabilistic and physical information from Ising configurations. We find several indicators derived from the weight matrix that could characterize the Ising phase transition. We verify that the hidden encoding of a visible state tends to have an equal number of positive and negative units, whose sequence is randomly assigned during training and can be inferred by analyzing the weight matrix. We also explore the physical meaning of the visible energy and loss function (pseudo-likelihood) of the RBM and show that they could be harnessed to predict the critical point or estimate physical quantities such as entropy.     

The dynamic phase transition in the spin-1/2 Ising system within the path probability method

We study the dynamic phase transitions and present the dynamic phase diagrams of the spin-1/2 Ising system under the presence of a time-varying (sinusoidal) external magnetic field within the path probability method (PPM) of Kikuchi and we observe that the PPM gives exactly the same result as with the Glauber-type stochastic dynamics based on the mean-field theory (DMFT). We also investigate the influence of the rate constant on the dynamic phase diagrams in detail and five new and interesting dynamic phase diagrams are found. We notice that the derivation of the dynamic equations by using the PPM is more clear and easier than within the DMFT and the Glauber-type stochastic dynamics based on the effective-field theory (DEFT). The advantages and disadvantages of the PPM over the DMFT and DEFT are also discussed.     

Dynamic magnetic properties in the kinetic mixed spin-2 and spin-5/2 Ising model under a time-dependent magnetic field

We extend the recent paper [W. Jiang, V-C. Lo, B-D. Bai, J. Yang, Physica A 389 (2010) 2227-2233] to present a study, within a mean-field approach, the dynamic magnetic properties of the mixed spin-2 and spin-5/2 Ising ferrimagnetic system, which corresponds the molecular-based magnetic materials AFe^IIFe^III(C₂O₄)₃ [ A=N(n-C_nH_2n+1)₄, n=3-5], by using the Glauber-type stochastic dynamics. This mixed Ising ferrimagnetic system is used on a layered honeycomb lattice in which Fe^II (S=5/2) and Fe^III (σ=2) occupy sites. First, we investigate the time variations of average order parameters to find the phases in the system and then the thermal behavior of the dynamic order parameters to obtain the dynamic phase transition (DPT) points as well as to characterize the nature (first-or second-order) phase transitions. We also present the dynamic phase diagrams and study the dynamic magnetic hysteresis loop behaviors of the kinetic mixed spin-2 and spin-5/2 Ising ferrimagnetic system. The results are compared with some experimental and theoretical works and a good overall agreement is found.