The N-clock model: variational analysis for fast and slow divergence rates of N

DOI10.1007/S00205-022-01799-9MaRDI QIDQ2154996zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Marco Cicalese, Gianluca Orlando, Matthias Ruf

Publication date 15 July 2022

Published in Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.09548

zbMATH Keywords

ferromagnetic classical spin system

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems in a geometric measure-theoretic setting (49Q20) Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Statistical mechanics of magnetic materials (82D40) PDE constrained optimization (numerical aspects) (49M41)

Abstract: We study a nearest neighbors ferromagnetic spin system on the square lattice in which the spin field is constrained to take values in a discretization of the unit circle consisting of $N$ equi-spaced vectors, also known as $N$-clock model. We find a fast rate of divergence of $N$ with respect to the lattice spacing for which the $N$-clock model has the same discrete-to-continuum variational limit of the $XY$ model, in particular concentrating energy on topological defects of dimension 0. We prove the existence of a slow rate of divergence of $N$ at which the coarse-grain limit does not detect topological defects, but it is instead a $BV$-total variation. Finally, the two different types of limit behaviors are coupled in a critical regime for $N$, whose analysis requires the aid of Cartesian currents.

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