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Condensation of Eigen Microstate in Statistical Ensemble and Phase Transition

Statistical Mechanics 2018-12-21 v1

Abstract

In a statistical ensemble with MM microstates, we introduce an M×MM \times M correlation matrix with the correlations between microstates as its elements. Using eigenvectors of the correlation matrix, we can define eigen microstates of the ensemble. The normalized eigenvalue by MM represents the weight factor in the ensemble of the corresponding eigen microstate. In the limit MM \to \infty, weight factors go to zero in the ensemble without localization of microstate. The finite limit of weight factor when MM \to \infty indicates a condensation of the corresponding eigen microstate. This indicates a phase transition with new phase characterized by the condensed eigen microstate. We propose a finite-size scaling relation of weight factors near critical point, which can be used to identify the phase transition and its universality class of general complex systems. The condensation of eigen microstate and the finite-size scaling relation of weight factors have been confirmed by the Monte Carlo data of one-dimensional and two-dimensional Ising models.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1812.08412,
  title  = {Condensation of Eigen Microstate in Statistical Ensemble and Phase Transition},
  author = {Gaoke Hu and Teng Liu and Maoxin Liu and Wei Chen and Xiaosong Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.08412},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

9 pages, 16 figures, accepted for publication in Sci. China-Phys. Mech. Astron

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