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Short-time dynamics of the 1D three-state long-range Potts model

Zvonko Glumac, Katarina Uzelac

Published Jul 13, 2007• 0 citations
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Abstract

We investigate the short-time dynamics of the one-dimensional q = 3 Potts model with a power-law decaying interactions of the form $r− (1+\sigma)$. This model is known to exhibit both first- and second-order transition regimes, which depend on the parameter of range $\sigma$ and are separated by a q-dependent tricritical point sigma_c(q) [1]. The location of this point, where the first-order transition becomes extremely weak presents difficulties both for RG approaches and for equilibrium numerical simulations [2-3]. We examine the first-order transition regime and its onset at sigma_c by dynamic Monte Carlo simulations, which recently appeared to be efficient in detecting weak first-order phase transitions [4]. We consider the short-time relaxation processes for magnetization and its higher momenta starting from high and low temperatures. We analyse the appearance of two pseudo critical temperatures characteristic for the first-order transition regime, which should merge at the tricritical point. [1] Z. Glumac and K. Uzelac, Phys. Rev. E 58, 4372 (1998) [2] E. Bayong, H. T. Diep, V. Dotsenko, Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 14 (1999) ; K. Uzelac and Z. Glumac, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 5255 (2000) [3] Sylvain Reynal, Hung-The Diep, Phys. Rev. E 69, 026109 (2004) [4] L. Schuelke nad B. Zhang, Phys. Rev. E 62, 7482 (2000)

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We investigate the critical behavior of the one-dimensional q-state Potts model with long-range (LR) interactions 1/r(d+sigma), using a multicanonical algorithm. The recursion scheme initially proposed by Berg is improved so as to make it suitable for a large class of LR models with unequally spaced energy levels. The choice of an efficient predictor and a reliable convergence criterion is discussed. We obtain transition temperatures in the first-order regime which are in far better agreement with mean-field predictions than in previous Monte Carlo studies. By relying on the location of spinodal points and resorting to scaling arguments, we determine the threshold value sigma(c)(q) separating the first- and second-order regimes to two-digit precision within the range 3< or =q < or =9. We offer convincing numerical evidence supporting sigma(c)(q)<1.0 for all q, by virtue of an unusual finite-size effect, namely, finite-size scaling predicts a continuous transition in the thermodynamic limit, despite the first-order nature of the transition at finite size. A qualitative account in terms of correlation lengths is provided. Finally, we find the crossover between the LR and short-range regimes to occur inside a narrow window 1.0<sigma<1.2, thus lending strong support to Sak's scenario.
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