We investigate critical equilibrium and out of equilibrium properties of a ferromagnetic Ising model in one and two dimensions in the presence of long-range interactions, ${J}_{ij}\ensuremath{\propto}{r}^{\ensuremath{-}(d+\ensuremath{\sigma})}$. We implement a local dynamics on a dynamical L\'evy lattice, that correctly reproduces the static critical exponents known in the literature, as a function of the interaction parameter $\ensuremath{\sigma}$. Due to its locality the algorithm can be applied to investigate dynamical properties, of both discrete and continuous long-range models. We consider the relaxation time at the critical temperature and we measure the dynamical exponent
z as a function of the decay parameter $\ensuremath{\sigma}$, highlighting that the onset of the short-range regime for the dynamical critical properties appears to occur at a value of $\ensuremath{\sigma}$ which differs from the equilibrium one.
The
α-XY model generalizes, through the introduction of a power-law decaying potential, a well studied mean-field hamiltonian model with attractive long-range interactions. In the
α-model, the interaction between classical rotators on a lattice is gauged by the exponent
α in the couplings decaying as
rα, where
r are distances between sites. We review and comment here a few recent results on the static and dynamic properties of the
α-model. We discuss the appropriate
α dependent rescalings that map the canonical thermodynamics of the
α-model into that of the mean field model. We also show that the chaotic properties of the model, studied as a function of
α display an universal behaviour.