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Generalizing the mapping between the Potts model with nearest neighbor interaction and six vertex model, we build a family of "fused Potts models" related to the spin $k/2$ ${\rm U}_{q}{\rm su}(2)$ invariant vertex model and quantum spin…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-07-19 W. M. Koo , H. Saleur

Since its introduction, the Potts model has gained widespread popularity across various fields due to its diverse applications. Even minor advancements in this model continue to captivate scientists worldwide, and small modifications often…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-04-25 Hasan Akin

Phase transitions induced by varying the strength of disorder in the large-q state Potts model in 3d are studied by analytical and numerical methods. By switching on the disorder the transition stays of first order, but different…

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

The Potts model plays an essential role in classical statistical mechanics, illustrating many fundamental phenomena. One example is the existence of partially long-range-ordered states, in which some degrees of freedom remain disordered.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-10-27 M. P. Qin , Q. N. Chen , Z. Y. Xie , J. Chen , J. F. Yu , H. H. Zhao , B. Normand , T. Xiang

We consider the ferromagnetic large-$q$ state Potts model in complex evolving networks, which is equivalent to an optimal cooperation problem, in which the agents try to optimize the total sum of pair cooperation benefits and the supports…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-08-09 M. Karsai , J-Ch. Anglès d'Auriac , F. Iglói

On directed Barabasi-Albert networks with two and seven neighbours selected by each added site, the Ising model with spin S=1/2 was seen not to show a spontaneous magnetisation. Instead, the decay time for flipping of the magnetisation…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 F. W. S. Lima

We study a one-dimensional, nonequilibrium Potts-like model which has $q$ symmetric absorbing states. For $q=2$, as expected, the model belongs to the parity conserving universality class. For $q=3$ the critical behaviour depends on the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Lipowski , M. Droz

In some recent papers by Tamura, Tanaka and Kawashima [arXiv:1102.5475, arXiv:1012.4254], a class of Potts models with "invisible" states was introduced, for which the authors argued by numerical arguments and by a mean-field analysis that…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-12-03 Aernout C. D. van Enter , Giulio Iacobelli , Siamak Taati

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

Digitally connected societies approach a \enquote{transparent} regime where all agents can interact without geographic or social barriers -- a limit realized by complete graph topologies. We solve exactly a $q$-state Potts model with…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-12-01 Pawat Akara-pipattana , Sergei Nechaev , Bogdan Slavov

The number of so-called invisible states which need to be added to the q-state Potts model to transmute its phase transition from continuous to first order has attracted recent attention. In the q=2 case, a Bragg-Williams, mean-field…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-09-11 N. Ananikian , N. Sh. Izmailyan , D. A. Johnston , R. Kenna , R. P. K. C. M. Ranasinghe

We apply a newly proposed Monte Carlo method, the Wang-Landau algorithm, to the study of the three-dimensional antiferromagnetic q-state Potts models on a simple cubic lattice. We systematically study the phase transition of the models with…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Chiaki Yamaguchi , Yutaka Okabe

We derive the phase diagram of the one-dimensional three-state Potts model with an additional mean-field interaction in the canonical ensemble. The free energy is obtained by mapping the model onto the spin-$1$ Blume-Emery-Griffiths model…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-02-24 Alessandro Campa , Vahan Hovhannisyan , Stefano Ruffo , Andrea Trombettoni

We study the phase diagram of the three-state Potts model on a triangular lattice with general interactions (ferro/antiferromagnetic) between nearest neighbor spins. When the interactions along two lattice-vector directions are…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 Hyunggyu Park

We present extensive numerical simulations of a family of non-equilibrium Potts models with absorbing states that allows for a variety of scenarios, depending on the number of spin states and the range of the spin-spin interactions. These…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-06-18 Ahmadreza Azizi , James Stidham , Michel Pleimling

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

The nonequilibrium dynamics of a cycling three-state Potts model is studied on a square lattice using Monte Carlo simulations and continuum theory. This model is relevant to chemical reactions on a catalytic surface and to molecular…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-10-08 Hiroshi Noguchi , Jean-Baptiste Fournier

We consider the ferromagnetic q-state Potts model with zero external field in a finite volume evolving according to Glauber-type dynamics described by the Metropolis algorithm in the low temperature asymptotic limit. Our analysis concerns…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-05-09 Gianmarco Bet , Anna Gallo , Francesca Romana Nardi

A Monte Carlo algorithm is proposed to simulate ferromagnetic q-state Potts model for any real q>0. A single update is a random sequence of disordering and deterministic moves, one for each link of the lattice. A disordering move attributes…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-12-18 Ferdinando Gliozzi

Two dimensional Potts model is a classical example where the symmetry of the order parameter controls the order of a phase transition: on a square lattice with nearest-neighbours interaction, when the number of states $q$ is less than or…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-02-18 Petro Sarkanych