Topological approach to microcanonical thermodynamics and phase transition of interacting classical spins

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/2017/1/013202zbMATH Open1457.82126arXiv1607.00829OpenAlexW2469387292WikidataQ105584673 ScholiaQ105584673MaRDI QIDQ3302839FDOQ3302839

Authors: Fernando Antônio Nóbrega Santos, Luiz C. B. da Silva, Mauricio D. Coutinho-Filho 

Publication date: 11 August 2020

Published in: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We propose a topological approach suitable to establish a connection between thermodynamics and topology in the microcanonical ensemble. Indeed, we report on results that point to the possibility of describing {it interacting classical spin systems} in the thermodynamic limit, including the occurrence of a phase transition, using topology arguments only. Our approach relies on Morse theory, through the determination of the critical points of the potential energy, which is the proper Morse function. Our main finding is to show that, in the context of the studied classical models, the Euler characteristic $chi(E)$ embeds the necessary features for a correct description of several magnetic thermodynamic quantities of the systems, such as the magnetization, correlation function, susceptibility, and critical temperature. Despite the classical nature of the studied models, such quantities are those that do not violate the laws of thermodynamics [with the proviso that Van der Waals loop states are mean field (MF) artifacts]. We also discuss the subtle connection between our approach using the Euler entropy, defined by the logarithm of the modulus of $chi(E)$ per site, and that using the {it Boltzmann} microcanonical entropy. Moreover, the results suggest that the loss of regularity in the Morse function is associated with the occurrence of unstable and metastable thermodynamic solutions in the MF case. The reliability of our approach is tested in two exactly soluble systems: the infinite-range and the short-range $XY$ models in the presence of a magnetic field. In particular, we confirm that the topological hypothesis holds for both the infinite-range ($T_{c}eq0$) and the short-range ($T_c=0$) $XY$ models. Further studies are very desirable in order to clarify the extension of the validity of our proposal.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.00829

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26)

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