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We implement a new and accurate numerical entropic scheme to investigate the first-order transition features of the triangular Ising model with nearest-neighbor ($J_{nn}$) and next-nearest-neighbor ($J_{nnn}$) antiferromagnetic interactions…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-09-16 A. Malakis , N. G. Fytas , P. Kalozoumis

New advances in experiments on the random-field Ising model, as realized in dilute antiferromagnets, have brought us much closer to a full characterization of the static and dynamic critical behavior of the unusual phase transition in three…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2008-02-03 D. P. Belanger

Complex systems exhibit macroscopic behaviors that emerge from the coordinated interactions of their individual components. Understanding the microscopic origins of these emergent properties remains a significant challenge, especially in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-02-17 Ibrahim Al-Azki , Valentina Baccetti

The phase transition of a random mixed-bond Ising ferromagnet on a cubic lattice model is studied both numerically and analytically. In this work, we use the Cluster algorithms of Wolff and Glauber to simulate the dynamics of the system. We…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2010-02-02 J. B. Santos-Filho , N. O. Moreno , Douglas F. de Albuquerque

A phase transition indicates a sudden change in the properties of a large system. For temperature-driven phase transitions this is related to non-analytic behavior of the free energy density at the critical temperature: The knowledge of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-03-20 Markus Heyl , Anatoli Polkovnikov , Stefan Kehrein

Multilayer networks provide a framework to study complex systems with multiple types of interactions, multiple dynamical processes, and/or multiple subsystems. When studying a dynamical process on a multilayer network, it is important to…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-09-25 Suman S. Kulkarni , Christopher W. Lynn , Mason A. Porter , Dani S. Bassett

Driven-dissipative many-body systems are difficult to analyze analytically due to their non-equilibrium dynamics, dissipation and many-body interactions. In this paper, we consider a driven-dissipative infinite-range Ising model with local…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2021-09-08 Daniel A. Paz , Mohammad F. Maghrebi

The nonequilibrium thermodynamics of interacting quantum many-body systems is investigated within the framework of thermal time-dependent density functional theory using a generalized linear-response formulation for the full quantum work…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-23 Antonio Palamara , Francesco Plastina , Antonello Sindona , Irene D'Amico

The investigation of nonequilibrium thermodynamics in quantum many-body systems underscores the importance of quantum work, which differs from its classical counterpart due to its statistical nature. Recent studies have shown that quantum…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-07-08 Kwai-Kong Ng , Min-Fong Yang

We demonstrate, by means of a convolutional neural network, that the features learned in the two-dimensional Ising model are sufficiently universal to predict the structure of symmetry-breaking phase transitions in considered systems…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-11-25 Dimitrios Bachtis , Gert Aarts , Biagio Lucini

We review the non-zero temperature relaxational dynamics of quantum systems near a zero temperature, second-order phase transition. We begin with the quantum Ising chain, for which universal and exact results for the relaxation rates can be…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-08-23 Subir Sachdev

We study the quantum Ising model on the Sierpi\'{n}ski triangle, whose Hausdorff dimension is $\log 3/ \log 2 \approx 1.585$, and demonstrate that it undergoes second-order phase transition with scaling relations satisfied precisely. We…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-04-28 Beni Yoshida , Aleksander Kubica

We study third-order transitions in the two-dimensional Ising and Potts model on regular lattices and Watts--Strogatz small-world networks. Cluster observables are used to track post-critical boundary reorganization and pre-critical cluster…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-03-13 Fangfang Wang , Wei Liu , Ke Zhang , Yongjian He , Kai Qi , Ying Tang , Zengru Di

We study cooperative control dynamics with gradient based forcing terms. As a specific example, we focus on source-seeking dynamics with vehicles embedded in an unknown scalar field with a subset of agents having gradient information. As…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-30 Adwait Datar , Christian Hespe , Herbert Werner

We explore the zero-temperature phase diagram of bosons interacting via Feshbach resonant pairing interactions in one dimension. Using DMRG (Density Matrix Renormalization Group) and field theory techniques we characterize the phases and…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-03-30 M. J. Bhaseen , S. Ejima , F. H. L. Essler , H. Fehske , M. Hohenadler , B. D. Simons

Despite the fact that a complete theoretical description of critical phenomena in connection with phase transitions has been well-established through the renormalization group theory, the microscopic nature of the phase transitions remains…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-11-07 Yun-Tong Yang , Fu-Zhou Chen , Hong-Gang Luo

Two hallmarks of non-equilibrium systems, from active colloids to animal herds, are agents motility and nonreciprocal interactions. Their interplay creates feedback loops leading to complex spatiotemporal dynamics crucial to understand and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-09-17 David Martin , Daniel Seara , Yael Avni , Michel Fruchart , Vincenzo Vitelli

We study the $q$ states Potts model with four site interaction on the square lattice. Based on the asymptotic behaviour of lattice animals, it is argued that when $q\leq 4$ the system exhibits a second-order phase transition, and when $q >…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-03-14 Nir Schreiber , Reuven Cohen , Simi Haber

The phase transition in the q-state Potts model with homogeneous ferromagnetic couplings is strongly first order for large q, while is rounded in the presence of quenched disorder. Here we study this phenomenon on different two-dimensional…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 M. T. Mercaldo , J-Ch. Anglès d'Auriac , F. Iglói

This chapter aims at reviewing complex networks models and methods that were either developed for or applied to socioeconomic issues, and pertinent to the theme of New Economic Geography. After an introduction to the foundations of the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-04-22 Luis M. Varela , Giulia Rotundo , Marcel Ausloos , Jesus Carrete