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We study the $q$-state clock models on heptagonal lattices assigned on a negatively curved surface. We show that the system exhibits three classes of equilibrium phases; in between ordered and disordered phases, an intermediate phase…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-07-26 Seung Ki Baek , Petter Minnhagen , Hiroyuki Shima , Beom Jun Kim

We calculate the hybrid entanglement entropy between coin and walker degrees of freedom in a non-unitary quantum walk. The model possesses a joint parity and time-reversal symmetry or PT-symmetry and supports topological phases when this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-08 Gene M. M. Itable , Francis N. C. Paraan

An asymmetric generalization of the zero-temperature q-state Potts model on a one dimensional lattice, with and without boundaries, has been studied. The dynamics of the particle number, and specially the large time behavior of the system…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 N. Majd , A. Aghamohammadi , M. Khorrami

Non-Hermitian PT-symmetric quantum-mechanical Hamiltonians generally exhibit a phase transition that separates two parametric regions, (i) a region of unbroken PT symmetry in which the eigenvalues are all real, and (ii) a region of broken…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-10-11 Carl M. Bender , David J. Weir

We study the two-dimensional $q$-state clock model in the presence of an additional $p$-fold symmetry-breaking crystalline field using Monte Carlo simulations. While the pure clock model exhibits Berezinskii--Kosterlitz--Thouless (BKT)…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-05-21 Milan Žukovič

We examine the order of the phase transition in the Potts model by using the graph representation for the partition function, which allows treating a non-integer number of Potts states. The order of transition is determined by the analysis…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Zvonko Glumac , Katarina Uzelac

We introduce an interface model with q-fold symmetry to study the nonequilibrium phase transition (NPT) from an active to an inactive state at the bottom layer. In the model, q different species of particles are deposited or are evaporated…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. Kahng , S. Park

We construct the exact partition function of the Potts model on a complete graph subject to external fields with linear and nematic type couplings. The partition function is obtained as a solution to a linear diffusion equation and the free…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-08-14 Paolo Lorenzoni , Antonio Moro

Circadian clocks must be able to entrain to time-varying signals to keep their oscillations in phase with the day-night rhythm. On the other hand, they must also exhibit input compensation: their period must remain about one day in…

Biological Physics · Physics 2017-07-13 Joris Paijmans , David K Lubensky , Pieter Rein ten Wolde

We investigate the physics of an open two-component Dicke model, where the light field mediates non-reciprocal interactions between two spin species. We show that the model, which we dub non-reciprocal Dicke model, exhibits a discrete…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-19 Ezequiel I. Rodríguez Chiacchio , Andreas Nunnenkamp , Matteo Brunelli

We study time-reversal symmetry breaking in non-Hermitian fluctuating field theories with conserved dynamics, comprising the mesoscopic descriptions of a wide range of nonequilibrium phenomena. They exhibit continuous parity-time…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-09-08 Thomas Suchanek , Klaus Kroy , Sarah A. M. Loos

A parity-time (PT) transition is a spectral transition characteristic of non-Hermitian generators; it typically occurs at an exceptional point, where multiple eigenvectors coalesce. The concept of a PT transition has been extended to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-01 Yuma Nakanishi , Tomohiro Sasamoto

Similarities between fragile glasses and spin glasses (SG) suggest the study of frustrated spin model to understand the complex dynamics of glasses above the glass transition. We consider a frustrated spin model with Ising spins and s-state…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 Giancarlo Franzese , Antonio Coniglio

A combinatorial approach is used to study the critical behavior of a $q$-state Potts model with a round-the-face interaction. Using this approach it is shown that the model exhibits a first order transition for $q>3$. A second order…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-11-27 Nir Schreiber , Reuven Cohen , Simi Haber , Gideon Amir , Baruch Barzel

The $q$-state Potts model is an archetypical model for various types of phase transitions. We consider it on the square grid and focus on the regime where it undergoes a discontinuous transition, that is $q>4$. At the transition point…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-04-24 Moritz Dober , Alexander Glazman , Sébastien Ott

We investigate a two-parametric family of one-dimensional non-Hermitian complex potentials with parity-time ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetry. We find that there exist two distinct types of phase transitions, from an unbroken phase (characterized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-13 Jinlin Fan , Feilong Wang , Ruolin Chai Zhibin Zhao , Qiongtao Xie

We study the phase transition in a class of fiber bundle models in which the fiber strengths are distributed randomly within a finite interval and global load sharing is assumed. The dynamics is expressed as recursion relations for the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Pratip Bhattacharyya , Srutarshi Pradhan , Bikas K. Chakrabarti

The inspiration for this theoretical paper comes from recent experiments on a PT-symmetric system of two coupled optical whispering galleries (optical resonators). The optical system can be modeled as a pair of coupled linear oscillators,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-16 Carl M. Bender , Mariagiovanna Gianfreda

We derive an exact renormalization group recursion relation for the Loschmidt amplitude of the quantum $Q$-state clock model and the quantum $Q$-state Potts model in one dimension. The renormalization group flow is discussed in detail. The…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-10-08 Yantao Wu

We introduce a general framework for realizing $\mathcal{PT}$-like phase transitions in non-Hermitian systems without imposing explicit parity--time ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetry. The approach is based on constructing a Hamiltonian as the…

Optics · Physics 2025-11-18 Jacob L. Barnett , Ramy El-Ganainy