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Hyperuniformity in Ashkin-Teller model

Statistical Mechanics 2025-04-21 v2

Abstract

We show that equilibrium systems in dd dimension that obey the inequality dν>2,d\nu> 2, known as Harris criterion, exhibit suppressed energy fluctuation in their critical state. Ashkin-Teller model is an example in d=2d=2 where the correlation length exponent ν\nu varies continuously with the inter-spin interaction strength λ\lambda and exceeds the value d2\frac d2 set by Harris criterion when λ\lambda is negative; there, the variance of the subsystem energy across a length scale ll varies as ldαl^{d-\alpha} with hyperuniformity exponent α=2(1ν1).\alpha = 2(1-\nu^{-1}). Point configurations constructed by assigning unity to the sites which has coarse-grained energy beyond a threshold value also exhibit suppressed number fluctuation and hyperuniformiyty with same exponent α.\alpha.

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@article{arxiv.2405.20266,
  title  = {Hyperuniformity in Ashkin-Teller model},
  author = {Indranil Mukherjee and P. K. Mohanty},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.20266},
  year   = {2025}
}

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13 pages, 5 figs

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