Nucleation of a three-state spin model on complex networks

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSA.2015.01.015zbMATH Open1400.82032arXiv1501.00347OpenAlexW2062633314MaRDI QIDQ1618318FDOQ1618318

Authors: Han-Shuang Chen, Chuansheng Shen 

Publication date: 13 November 2018

Published in: Physica A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the metastability and nucleation of the Blume-Capel model on complex networks, in which each node can take one of three possible spin variables $left-1,0,1ight$. We consider the external magnetic field $h$ to be positive, and let the chemical potential $lambda$ vary between $-h$ and $h$ in a low temperature, such that the $1$ configuration is stable, and $-1$ configuration and/or $0$ configuration are metastable. Combining the heterogeneous mean-field theory with simulations, we show that there exist four regions with distinct nucleation scenarios depending on the values of $h$ and $lambda$: the system undergoes a two-step nucleation process from $-1$ configuration to $0$ configuration and then to $1$ configuration (region I); nucleation becomes a one-step process without an intermediate metastable configuration directly from $-1$ configuration to $1$ configuration (region II(1)) or directly from $0$ configuration to $1$ configuration (region II(2)) depending on the sign of $lambda$; the metastability of the system vanishes and nucleation is thus irrelevant (region III). Furthermore, we show that in the region I nucleation rates for each step intersect that results in the occurrence of a maximum in the total nucleation rate.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.00347

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zbMATH Keywords

nucleationcomplex networksBlume-Capel modelmetastableheterogeneous mean-field theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20)

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