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Absence of first order transition in the random crystal field Blume-Capel model on a fully connected graph

Statistical Mechanics 2020-07-21 v3

Abstract

In this paper we solve the Blume-Capel model on a complete graph in the presence of random crystal field with a distribution, P(Δi)=pδ(ΔiΔ)+(1p)δ(Δi+Δ)P(\Delta_i) =p\delta(\Delta_i-\Delta)+(1-p) \delta(\Delta_i+\Delta), using large deviation techniques. We find that the first order transition of the pure system is destroyed for 0.046<p<0.9540.046<p<0.954 for all values of the crystal field, Δ\Delta. The system has a line of continuous transition for this range of pp from <Δ<-\infty <\Delta <\infty. For values of pp outside this interval, the phase diagram of the system is similar to the pure model, with a tricritical point separating the line of first order and continuous transitions. We find that in this regime, the order vanishes for large Δ\Delta for p<0.046p<0.046(and for large Δ-\Delta for p>0.954p>0.954) even at zero temperature.

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@article{arxiv.1608.03693,
  title  = {Absence of first order transition in the random crystal field Blume-Capel model on a fully connected graph},
  author = {Sumedha and Nabin K Jana},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.03693},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

replaced with the accepted version; to be published in J. Phys. A