Metastability on the hierarchical lattice

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AA783CzbMATH Open1376.82052arXiv1611.04912OpenAlexW2953098432MaRDI QIDQ4978596FDOQ4978596

Oliver Jovanovski, F. den Hollander

Publication date: 25 August 2017

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study metastability for Glauber spin-flip dynamics on the $N$-dimensional hierarchical lattice with $n$ hierarchical levels. Each vertex carries an Ising spin that can take the values $-1$ or $+1$. Spins interact with an external magnetic field $h>0$. Pairs of spins interact with each other according to a ferromagnetic pair potential $vecJ={J_i}_{i=1}^n$, where $J_i>0$ is the strength of the interaction between spins at hierarchical distance $i$. Spins flip according to a Metropolis dynamics at inverse temperature $$. In the limit as $$, we analyse the crossover time from the metastable state $$ (all spins $-1$) to the stable state $$ (all spins $+1$). Under the assumption that $vecJ$ is non-increasing, we identify the mean transition time up to a multiplicative factor $$. On the scale of its mean, the transition time is exponentially distributed. We also identify the set of configurations representing the gate for the transition. For the special case where $J_i=ildeJ/N^i$, $1leqileqn$, with $ildeJ>0$ the relevant formulas simplify considerably. Also the hierarchical mean-field limit $Noinfty$ can be analysed in detail.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.04912

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zbMATH Keywords

Ising modelGlauber dynamicshierarchical latticemeta-stability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamic lattice systems (kinetic Ising, etc.) and systems on graphs in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C20) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31) Statistical mechanics of crystals (82D25)

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