Ensemble inequivalence and absence of quasi-stationary states in long-range random networks

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/AA73F1zbMATH Open1457.82116OpenAlexW3103069854WikidataQ62513624 ScholiaQ62513624MaRDI QIDQ3303085FDOQ3303085

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Publication date: 11 August 2020

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

Abstract: Ensemble inequivalence has been previously displayed only for long-range interacting systems with non-extensive energy. In order to perform the thermodynamic limit, such systems require an unphysical, so-called, Kac rescaling of the coupling constant. We here study models defined on long-range random networks, which avoid such a rescaling. The proposed models have an extensive energy, which is however non-additive. For such long-range random networks, pairs of sites are coupled with a probability decaying with the distance $r$ as $1/r^{d}elta$. In one dimension and with $0leqdelta<1$, surface energy scales linearly with the network size, while for $delta>1$ it is $O(1)$. By performing numerical simulations, we show that a negative specific heat region is present in the microcanonical ensemble of a Blume-Capel model, in correspondence with a first-order phase transition in the canonical one. This proves that ensemble inequivalence is a consequence of $non$-$additivity$ rather than $non$-$extensivity$. Moreover, since a mean-field coupling is absent in such networks, relaxation to equilibrium takes place on an intensive time scale and quasi-stationary states are absent.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.02054

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random graphs (graph-theoretic aspects) (05C80) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26)

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