Finite size analysis of a two-dimensional Ising model within a nonextensive approach

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Abstract

In this work we present a thorough analysis of the phase transitions that occur in a ferromagnetic 2D Ising model, with only nearest-neighbors interactions, in the framework of the Tsallis nonextensive statistics. We performed Monte Carlo simulations on square lattices with linear sizes L ranging from 32 up to 512. The statistical weight of the Metropolis algorithm was changed according to the nonextensive statistics. Discontinuities in the m(T) curve are observed for q≤0.5q\leq 0.5. However, we have verified only one peak on the energy histograms at the critical temperatures, indicating the occurrence of continuous phase transitions. For the 0.5<q≤1.00.5<q\leq 1.0 regime, we have found continuous phase transitions between the ordered and the disordered phases, and determined the critical exponents via finite-size scaling. We verified that the critical exponents αα, ββ and γγ depend on the entropic index qq in the range 0.5<q≤1.00.5<q\leq 1.0 in the form α(q)=(10q2−33q+23)/20α(q)=(10 q^{2}-33 q+23)/20, β(q)=(2q−1)/8β(q)=(2 q-1)/8 and γ(q)=(q2−q+7)/4γ(q)=(q^{2}-q+7)/4. On the other hand, the critical exponent νν does not depend on qq. This suggests a violation of the scaling relations 2β+γ=dν2 β+γ=d ν and α+2β+γ=2α+2 β+γ=2 and a nonuniversality of the critical exponents along the ferro-paramagnetic frontier.

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