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arXiv:1003.6080 · Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment

Ashkin–Teller model on the iso-radial graphs

S Lottini, M A Rajabpour

Published Jun 28, 2010• 5 citations
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Abstract

We find the critical surface of the Ashkin–Teller model on the generic iso-radial graphs by using the results for the anisotropic Ashkin–Teller model on the square lattice. Different geometrical aspects of this critical surface are discussed, especially their connection to the anisotropy angle. The free energy of the model on the generic iso-radial graph is extracted using the inversion identities. In addition, lattice holomorphic variables are discussed at some particular points of the critical line. We check our conjectures numerically for the anisotropic triangular lattice Ashkin–Teller model.

DOI
10.1088/1742-5468/2010/06/p06027

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Using the recursion method, we study the phase transitions of the Ashkin–Teller model on the Bethe lattice, restricting ourselves to the case of ferromagnetic interactions. The isotropic Ashkin–Teller model and the anisotropic one are respectively investigated, and exact expressions for the free energy and the magnetization are obtained. It can be found that each of the three varieties of phase diagrams, for the anisotropic Ashkin–Teller model, consists of four phases, i.e., the fully disordered paramagnetic phase Para , the fully ordered ferromagnetic phase Ferro , and two partially ordered ferromagnetic phases ⟨σ⟩ and ⟨σ s ⟩, while the phase diagram, for the isotropic Ashkin–Teller model, contains three phases, i.e., the fully disordered paramagnetic phase Para , the fully ordered ferromagnetic phase Baxter Phase , and the partially ordered ferromagnetic phase ⟨σ s ⟩.
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