Critical behavior of the Ising model on a hierarchical lattice with aperiodic interactions

We write the exact renormalization-group recursion relations for nearest-neighbor ferromagnetic Ising models on Migdal–Kadanoff hierarchical lattices with a distribution of aperiodic exchange interactions according to a class of substitutional sequences. For small geometric fluctuations, the critica...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Physica A 1998-08, Vol.257 (1), p.515-520
Main Authors: Pinho, S.T.R., Haddad, T.A.S., Salinas, S.R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Critical phenomena
Ising model
Magnetic ordering
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:We write the exact renormalization-group recursion relations for nearest-neighbor ferromagnetic Ising models on Migdal–Kadanoff hierarchical lattices with a distribution of aperiodic exchange interactions according to a class of substitutional sequences. For small geometric fluctuations, the critical behavior is unchanged with respect to the uniform case. For large fluctuations, as in the case of the Rudin–Shapiro sequence, the uniform fixed point in the parameter space cannot be reached from any physical initial conditions. We derive a criterion to check the relevance of the geometric fluctuations.
ISSN:0378-4371
1873-2119
DOI:10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00185-X