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Criticality at absolute zero from Ising model on two-dimensional dynamical triangulations

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-07-22 v4 Statistical Mechanics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Lattice

Abstract

We reconsider the criticality of the Ising model on two-dimensional dynamical triangulations based on the N×NN \times N hermitian two-matrix model with the introduction of a loop-counting parameter and linear terms in the potential. We show that in the large-N limit even though the Ising model is classical, the critical temperature can reach absolute zero by tuning the loop-counting parameter, and the corresponding continuum theory turns out to be the quantised theory of neither pure gravity nor gravity coupled to conformal matter with central charge being 1/2.

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@article{arxiv.1710.03402,
  title  = {Criticality at absolute zero from Ising model on two-dimensional dynamical triangulations},
  author = {Yuki Sato and Tomo Tanaka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.03402},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

25 pages, 3 figures; v4: minor corrections

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