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Nir Schreiber

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arXiv2023

Ensemble dependence of the critical behavior of a system with long-range interaction and quenched randomness

We propose a hybrid model governed by the Blume-Emery-Griffiths (BEG) Hamiltonian with a mean-field-like interaction, where the spins are randomly quenched such that some of them are "pure" Ising and the others admit the BEG set of states. It is found, by varying the concentration of the Ising spins, that the model displays different phase portraits in concentration-temperature parameter space, within the canonical and the microcanonical ensembles. Phenomenological indications that these portraits are rich and rather unusual are provided.

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arXiv2022

Changeover phenomenon in randomly colored Potts models

A hybrid Potts model where a random concentration $p$ of the spins assume $q_0$ states and a random concentration $1-p$ of the spins assume $q>q_0$ states is introduced. It is known that when the system is homogeneous, with an integer spin number $q_0$ or $q$, it undergoes a second or a first order transition, respectively. It is argued that there is a concentration $p^\ast$ such that the transition nature of the model is changed at $p^\ast$. This idea is demonstrated analytically and by simulations for two different types of interaction: the usual square lattice nearest neighboring and mean field all-to-all. Exact expressions for the second order critical line in concentration-temperature parameter space of the mean field model together with some other related critical properties, are derived.

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arXiv2019

Unusual changeover in the transition nature of local-interaction Potts models

A combinatorial approach is used to study the critical behavior of a $q$-state Potts model with a round-the-face interaction. Using this approach it is shown that the model exhibits a first order transition for $q>3$. A second order transition is numerically detected for $q=2$. Based on these findings, it is deduced that for some two-dimensional ferromagnetic Potts models with completely local interaction, there is a changeover in the transition order at a critical integer $q_c\leq 3$. This stands in contrast to the standard two-spin interaction Potts model where the maximal integer value for which the transition is continuous is $q_c=4$. A lower bound on the first order critical temperature is additionally derived.

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arXiv2018

Ferromagnetic Potts models with multisite interaction

We study the $q$ states Potts model with four site interaction on the square lattice. Based on the asymptotic behaviour of lattice animals, it is argued that when $q\leq 4$ the system exhibits a second-order phase transition, and when $q > 4$ the transition is first order. The $q=4$ model is borderline. We find ${1}/{\ln q}$ to be an upper bound on $T_c$, the exact critical temperature. Using a low-temperature expansion, we show that $1/(θ\ln q)$, where $θ>1$ is a $q$-dependent geometrical term, is an improved upper bound on $T_c$. In fact, our findings support $T_c=1/(θ\ln q)$. This expression is used to estimate the finite correlation length in first-order transition systems. These results can be extended to other lattices. Our theoretical predictions are confirmed numerically by an extensive study of the four-site interaction model using the Wang-Landau entropic sampling method for $q=3,4,5$. In particular, the $q=4$ model shows an ambiguous finite-size pseudocritical behaviour.

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arXiv2005

Monte Carlo study of the Pure and Dilute Baxter-Wu model

We studied the pure and dilute Baxter-Wu (BW) models using the Wang-Landau (WL) sampling method to calculate the Density-Of-States (DOS). We first used the exact result for the DOS of the Ising model to test our code. Then we calculated the DOS of the dilute Ising model to obtain a phase diagram, in good agreement with previous studies. We calculated the energy distribution, together with its first, second and fourth moments, to give the specific heat and the energy fourth order cumulant, better known as the Binder parameter, for the pure BW model. For small samples, the energy distribution displayed a doubly peaked shape. Finite size scaling analysis showed as expected reciprocal scaling of the positions of the peaks with L. The energy distribution yielded the expected $α=2/3$ critical exponent for the specific heat. The Binder parameter minimum appeared to scale with lattice size L with an exponent $θ_B$ equal to the specific heat exponent. Its location (temperature) showed a large correction-to-scaling term $θ_1=0.248\pm 0.025$. For the dilute BW model we found a clear crossover to a single peak in the energy distribution even for small sizes and the expected $α=0$ was recoverd.

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