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Ensemble inequivalence in systems with long-range interactions
Ensemble inequivalence has been observed in several systems. In particular it
has been recently shown that negative specific heat can arise in the
microcanonical ensemble in the thermodynamic limit for systems with long-range
interactions. We display a connection between such behaviour and a mean-field
like structure of the partition function. Since short-range models cannot
display this kind of behaviour, this strongly suggests that such systems are
necessarily non-mean field in the sense indicated here. We illustrate our
results showing an application to the Blume-Emery-Griffiths model. We further
show that a broad class of systems with non-integrable interactions are indeed
of mean-field type in the sense specified, so that they are expected to display
ensemble inequivalence as well as the peculiar behaviour described above in the
microcanonical ensemble.Comment: 12 pages, no figure
Ensemble inequivalence: A formal approach
Ensemble inequivalence has been observed in several systems. In particular it
has been recently shown that negative specific heat can arise in the
microcanonical ensemble in the thermodynamic limit for systems with long-range
interactions. We display a connection between such behaviour and a mean-field
like structure of the partition function. Since short-range models cannot
display this kind of behaviour, this strongly suggests that such systems are
necessarily non-mean field in the sense indicated here. We further show that a
broad class of systems with non-integrable interactions are indeed of
mean-field type in the sense specified, so that they are expected to display
ensemble inequivalence as well as the peculiar behaviour described above in the
microcanonical ensemble.Comment: 4 pages, no figures, given at the NEXT2001 conference on
non-extensive thermodynamic
Spectral correlations in the crossover between GUE and Poisson regularity: on the identification of scales
Motivated by questions of present interest in nuclear and condensed matter
physics we consider the superposition of a diagonal matrix with independent
random entries and a GUE. The relative strength of the two contributions is
determined by a parameter suitably defined on the unfolded scale.
Using results for the spectral two-point correlator of this model obtained in
the framework of the supersymmetry method we focus attention on two different
regimes. For << 1 the correlations are given by Dawson's integral
while for >> 1 we derive a novel analytical formula for the two-point
function. In both cases the energy scales, in units of the mean level spacing,
at which deviations from pure GUE behavior become noticable can be identified.
We also derive an exact expansion of the local level density for finite level
number.Comment: 15 pages, Revtex, no figures, to be published in special issue of J.
Math. Phys. (1997
Scaling Theory and Exactly Solved Models In the Kinetics of Irreversible Aggregation
The scaling theory of irreversible aggregation is discussed in some detail.
First, we review the general theory in the simplest case of binary reactions.
We then extend consideration to ternary reactions, multispecies aggregation,
inhomogeneous situations with arbitrary size dependent diffusion constants as
well as arbitrary production terms. A precise formulation of the scaling
hypothesis is given as well as a general theory of crossover phenomena. The
consequences of this definition are described at length. The specific issues
arising in the case in which an infinite cluster forms at finite times (the
so-called gelling case) are discussed, in order to address discrepancies
between theory and recent numerical work. Finally, a large number of exactly
solved models are reviewed extensively with a view to pointing out precisely in
which sense the scaling hypothesis holds in these various models. It is shown
that the specific definition given here will give good results for almost all
cases. On the other hand, we show that it is usually possible to find
counterexamples to stronger formulations of the scaling hypothesis.Comment: 160 pp. 1 figure, submitted to Physics Report
Transport properties of a modified Lorentz gas
We present a detailed study of the first simple mechanical system that shows
fully realistic transport behavior while still being exactly solvable at the
level of equilibrium statistical mechanics. The system under consideration is a
Lorentz gas with fixed freely-rotating circular scatterers interacting with
point particles via perfectly rough collisions. Upon imposing a temperature
and/or a chemical potential gradient, a stationary state is attained for which
local thermal equilibrium holds for low values of the imposed gradients.
Transport in this system is normal, in the sense that the transport
coefficients which characterize the flow of heat and matter are finite in the
thermodynamic limit. Moreover, the two flows are non-trivially coupled,
satisfying Onsager's reciprocity relations to within numerical accuracy as well
as the Green-Kubo relations . We further show numerically that an applied
electric field causes the same currents as the corresponding chemical potential
gradient in first order of the applied field. Puzzling discrepancies in higher
order effects (Joule heating) are also observed. Finally, the role of entropy
production in this purely Hamiltonian system is shortly discussed.Comment: 16 pages, 16 figures, submitted to J. Stat. Phy
Scaling of Reaction Zones in the A+B->0 Diffusion-Limited Reaction
We study reaction zones in three different versions of the A+B->0 system. For
a steady state formed by opposing currents of A and B particles we derive
scaling behavior via renormalization group analysis. By use of a previously
developed analogy, these results are extended to the time-dependent case of an
initially segregated system. We also consider an initially mixed system, which
forms reaction zones for dimension d<4. In this case an extension of the
steady-state analogy gives scaling results characterized by new exponents.Comment: 4 pages, REVTeX 3.0 with epsf, 2 uuencoded postscript figures
appended, OUTP-94-33
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