On the mean-field spherical model

Details On the mean-field spherical model On the mean-field spherical model

2005-03-02

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0503046v3

Journal of Statistical Physics 122, 1195-1214 (2006)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

21 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1007/s10955-005-8031-9

Exact solutions are obtained for the mean-field spherical model, with or without an external magnetic field, for any finite or infinite number N of degrees of freedom, both in the microcanonical and in the canonical ensemble. The canonical result allows for an exact discussion of the loci of the Fisher zeros of the canonical partition function. The microcanonical entropy is found to be nonanalytic for arbitrary finite N. The mean-field spherical model of finite size N is shown to be equivalent to a mixed isovector/isotensor sigma-model on a lattice of two sites. Partial equivalence of statistical ensembles is observed for the mean-field spherical model in the thermodynamic limit. A discussion of the topology of certain state space submanifolds yields insights into the relation of these topological quantities to the thermodynamic behavior of the system in the presence of ensemble nonequivalence.

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