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Through molecular dynamics, we study the $d=2,3$ classical model of $N$ coupled rotators (inertial XY model) assuming a coupling constant which decays with distance as $r_{ij}^{-\alpha}$ ($\alpha \ge 0$). The total energy $<H>$ is…
We analyze the equilibrium properties of a chain of ferromagnetically coupled rotators which interact through a force that decays as $r^{-\alpha}$ where r is the interparticle distance and $\alpha\ge 0$. Our model contains as particular…
Dynamical properties of lattice systems with long-range pair interactions, decaying like 1/r^{\alpha} with the distance r, are investigated, in particular the time scales governing the relaxation to equilibrium. Upon varying the interaction…
We introduce and numerically study a long-range-interaction generalization of the one-dimensional Fermi-Pasta-Ulam (FPU) $\beta-$ model. The standard quartic interaction is generalized through a coupling constant that decays as $1/r^\alpha$…
The nonextensivity of a classical long-range Hamiltonian system is discussed. The system is the so-called $\alpha$-XY model, a lattice of inertial rotators with an adjustable parameter $\alpha$ controlling the range of the interactions.…
With Monte Carlo methods we investigate the dynamic relaxation of the fully frustrated XY model in two dimensions below or at the Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition temperature. Special attention is drawn to the sublattice structure of…
We study axisymmetric mean field spherical and spherical shell dynamo models, with both dynamic and algebraic $\alpha$--quenchings. Our results show that there are qualitative as well as quantitative differences and similarities between…
An $XY$ model, generalized by inclusion of up to an infinite number of higher-order pairwise interactions with an exponentially decreasing strength, is studied by spin-wave theory and Monte Carlo simulations. At low temperatures the model…
We introduce and study extensions of the varying alpha theory of Bekenstein-Sandvik-Barrow-Magueijo to allow for an arbitrary coupling function and self-interaction potential term in the theory. We study the full evolution equations without…
The dynamics and thermostatistics of a classical inertial XY model, characterized by long-range interactions, are investigated on $d$-dimensional lattices ($d=1,2,$ and 3), through molecular dynamics. The interactions between rotators decay…
Scale invariance property in the global geometry of Earth may lead to a coupled interactive behaviour between various components of the climate system. One of the most interesting correlations exists between spatial statistics of the global…
The thermal conductivity, $\kappa$, of a homogeneous chain of generically-ranged interacting planar rotors, more precisely the inertial $\alpha-XY$ model, is numerically studied with the coupling constant decaying as $r^{-\alpha}$. The…
We numerically study a one-dimensional system of $N$ classical localized planar rotators coupled through interactions which decay with distance as $1/r^\alpha$ ($\alpha \ge 0$). The approach is a first principle one (\textit{i.e.}, based on…
The stationary points of the Hamiltonian H of the classical XY chain with power-law pair interactions (i.e., decaying like r^{-{\alpha}} with the distance) are analyzed. For a class of "spinwave-type" stationary points, the asymptotic…
We study the possibility to reproduce the statistical relations of the sunspot activity cycle, like the so-called Waldmeier relations, the cycle period - amplitude and the cycle rise rate - amplitude relations, by means of the mean field…
A class of systems is considered, where immobile species associated to distinct patches, the nodes of a network, interact both locally and at a long-range, as specified by an (interaction) adjacency matrix. Non local interactions are…
The canonical partition function of a system of rotators (classical X-Y spins) on a lattice, coupled by terms decaying as the inverse of their distance to the power alpha, is analytically computed. It is also shown how to compute a…
We numerically show that metastable states, similar to the Quasi Stationary States found in the so called Hamiltonian Mean Field Model, are also present in a generalized model in which $N$ classical spins (rotators) interact through…
We present a numerical study of dynamical correlations (structure factors) of the long-range generalization of the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam oscillator chain, where the strength of the interaction between two lattice sites decays as a power $\alpha$…
We investigate energy diffusion in long-range interacting spin systems, where the interaction decays algebraically as $V(r) \propto r^{-\alpha}$ with the distance $r$ between the sites. We consider prototypical spin systems, the transverse…