Ensemble Inequivalence in Mean-field Models of Magnetism

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dc.creatorBarre', Julien
dc.creatorMukamel, David
dc.creatorRuffo, Stefano
dc.date2002-09-16
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:47:17Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:47:17Z
dc.descriptionMean-field models, while they can be cast into an {\it extensive} thermodynamic formalism, are inherently {\it non additive}. This is the basic feature which leads to {\it ensemble inequivalence} in these models. In this paper we study the global phase diagram of the infinite range Blume-Emery-Griffiths model both in the {\it canonical} and in the {\it microcanonical} ensembles. The microcanonical solution is obtained both by direct state counting and by the application of large deviation theory. The canonical phase diagram has first order and continuous transition lines separated by a tricritical point. We find that below the tricritical point, when the canonical transition is first order, the phase diagrams of the two ensembles disagree. In this region the microcanonical ensemble exhibits energy ranges with negative specific heat and temperature jumps at transition energies. These two features are discussed in a general context and the appropriate Maxwell constructions are introduced. Some preliminary extensions of these results to weakly decaying nonintegrable interactions are presented.
dc.descriptionChapter of the forthcoming "Lecture Notes in Physics" volume: ``Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Systems with Long Range Interactions'', T. Dauxois, S. Ruffo, E. Arimondo, M. Wilkens Eds., Lecture Notes in Physics Vol. 602, Springer (2002). (see http://link.springer.de/series/lnpp/)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0209357
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0209357
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/19951
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleEnsemble Inequivalence in Mean-field Models of Magnetism
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