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Density of Yang-Lee zeros for the Ising ferromagnet

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

The densities of Yang-Lee zeros for the Ising ferromagnet on the L×LL\times L square lattice are evaluated from the exact grand partition functions (L=316L=3\sim16). The properties of the density of Yang-Lee zeros are discussed as a function of temperature TT and system size LL. The three different classes of phase transitions for the Ising ferromagnet, first-order phase transition, second-order phase transition, and Yang-Lee edge singularity, are clearly distinguished by estimating the magnetic scaling exponent yhy_h from the densities of zeros for finite-size systems. The divergence of the density of zeros at Yang-Lee edge in high temperatures (Yang-Lee edge singularity), which has been detected only by the series expansion until now for the square-lattice Ising ferromagnet, is obtained from the finite-size data. The identification of the orders of phase transitions in small systems is also discussed using the density of Yang-Lee zeros.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0607257,
  title  = {Density of Yang-Lee zeros for the Ising ferromagnet},
  author = {Seung-Yeon Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0607257},
  year   = {2009}
}

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to appear in Physical Review E