Instability of the mean-field states and generalization of phase separation in long-range interacting systems

Details Instability of the mean-field states and generalization of phase separation in long-range interacting systems Instability of the mean-field states and generalization of phase separation in long-range interacting systems

2011-06-24

arxiv.org/abs/1106.4920v3

Phys. Rev. E 84, 031128 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

14 pages, published in PRE

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.84.031128

Equilibrium properties of long-range interacting systems on lattices are investigated. There was a conjecture by Cannas et. al. that the mean-field theory is exact for spin systems with non-additive long-range interactions. This is called "exactness of the mean-field theory". We show that the exactness of the mean-field theory holds for systems on a lattice with non-additive two body long-range interactions in the canonical ensemble with non-fixed order parameters. We also show that in canonical ensemble with fixed order parameters (e.g. lattice gas model with a fixed number of particles), exactness of the mean-field theory does not hold in some parameter region, which we call "non-MF region". In the non-MF region, an inhomogeneous configuration appears contrary to the uniform configuration in the region where the mean-field theory holds. This inhomogeneous configuration is not the one given by the standard phase separation. Therefore, the mean-field picture is not adequate to describe these states. We discuss phase transitions between the MF region and the non-MF region. Exactness of the mean-field theory in spin glasses is also discussed.

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