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Restoration of Isotropy in the Ising Model on the Sierpinski Gasket

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Naoto Yajima

Statistical Mechanics · Submitted 3 Mar 2006 · 10 references

Pith's verdict: A credible RG study of isotropy restoration on the Sierpinski gasket, but the phase boundary rests on a hypothesized flow topology; deserves peer review with a request for numerical verification.

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CitationNaoto Yajima. "Restoration of Isotropy in the Ising Model on the Sierpinski Gasket." arXiv:cond-mat/0603065 (2006). https://pith.science/paper/5PK4O42S
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The paper shows that for the ferromagnetic Ising model on the Sierpinski gasket, the three correlation lengths restore lattice isotropy as temperature approaches zero, either perfectly or partially, depending on the interactions.

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This paper studies the ferromagnetic Ising model on the Sierpinski gasket when the three bond directions carry different exchange couplings. It claims that as temperature approaches zero, the correlation lengths in the three directions restore isotropy: the ratios of the two smaller correlation lengths always approach unity, while the third either joins them (perfect restoration) or stays exponentially larger (partial restoration). The crossover is controlled by the condition $J_3/J_1 \geq 2J_2/J_1 + 1$ for partial restoration and $J_3/J_1 < 2J_2/J_1 + 1$ for perfect restoration. This matters because it resolves a controversy between earlier studies and shows that fractal geometry can produce emergent isotropy at low temperature.

What carries the argument

The central mechanism is the exact decimation renormalization-group map on the three couplings $K_i=\beta J_i$, obtained by summing over the inner spins of one gasket generation. In the strong-coupling region $K_i\gg 1$ the map is approximated by differential equations for the ratios $K_2/K_1$ and $K_3/K_1$, whose flow has three fixed points, $(1,\infty)$, $(1,3)$, and $(1,1)$, and an invariant relation setting the boundary $J_3/J_1=2J_2/J_1+1$. Correlation lengths are recovered from a matching argument: once the renormalized couplings fall below one, their squares flow to zero, and the number of RG steps determines the exponential divergence.

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Core claim

The central claim is that for $0<J_1\leq J_2\leq J_3$, the correlation lengths obey $\xi_2/\xi_1\to 1$ as $T\to 0$ in all cases, while $\xi_3/\xi_1\to\infty$ when $J_3/J_1\geq 2J_2/J_1+1$ (partial restoration) and $\xi_3/\xi_1\to 1$ when $J_3/J_1<2J_2/J_1+1$ (perfect restoration). In the partial case, the leading singular behavior is $\xi_1\simeq\xi_2\simeq\exp[(\ln 2)e^{2(J_1+J_2)/(k_B T)}]$ and $\xi_3\simeq\exp[(\ln 2)e^{2(J_1+J_2)/(k_B T)}]\,\exp[2(J_3-J_1-2J_2)/(k_B T)]$. Thus the correlation lengths diverge as a double exponential of $1/(k_B T)$, and in the partial regime their ratio diverges as a single exponential.

Load-bearing premise

The result rests on the assumed topology of the renormalization-group flow in the strong-coupling region—the fixed points $(1,\infty)$, $(1,3)$, $(1,1)$ and the boundary $J_3/J_1=2J_2/J_1+1$—together with a stated conjecture that the end-to-end correlation length defined in Eq. (3) equals the standard definition.

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  • In the perfect-restoration region, all three correlation lengths are asymptotically equal as $T\to 0$, so the low-temperature spin correlations do not remember the anisotropy of the microscopic couplings.
  • In the partial-restoration region, the two smaller couplings' correlation lengths equalize but the largest coupling's correlation length becomes exponentially larger, so isotropy is never fully recovered.
  • The boundary between the two regimes is a temperature-independent ratio condition, $J_3/J_1 = 2J_2/J_1 + 1$, so the type of restoration is a property of the Hamiltonian alone.
  • The correlation lengths diverge as $\exp[\text{const}\cdot e^{2(J_1+J_2)/(k_B T)}]$ in the partial case, with the extra factor for $\xi_3$ providing a single-exponential divergence of the ratio $\xi_3/\xi_1$.

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  • A testable extension: direct Monte Carlo or transfer-matrix measurements on finite-generation gaskets at low temperature could confirm the two-regime classification and the predicted exponential factor in $\xi_3$.
  • The existence of a partial-restoration regime suggests that on fractals with several inequivalent bond directions, anisotropy can persist at a slower (single-exponential) rate than the isotropic double-exponential divergence—a hierarchy that may be generic.
  • The fixed-point structure hints that similar ratio conditions, with coefficients set by the lattice's coordination, might control isotropy restoration in other fractal lattices or in generalized Ising models.
Original abstract

We study the ferromagnetic Ising model on the Sierpinski gasket (SG), where the spin-spin interactions depends on the direction. Using the renormalization group method, we show that the ratios of the correlation lengths restore the isotropy of the lattice as the temperature approaches zero. This restoration is either partial or perfect, depending on the interactions. In case of partial restoration, we also evaluate the leading-order singular behavior of the correlation lengths.

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We study the ferromagnetic Ising model on the Sierpinski gasket (SG), where the spin-spin interactions depends on the direction. Using the renormalization group method, we show that the ratios of the correlation lengths restore the isotropy of the lattice as the temperature approaches zero. This restoration is either partial or perfect, depending on the interactions. In case of partial restoration, we also evaluate the leading-order singular behavior of the correlation lengths.

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Figure 1. The first three generations of the Sierpi´nski gasket.
Figure 2. Ising model on the Sierpi´nski gasket. The spins are labe
Figure 3. ξ1(T), ξ2(T) and ξ3(T) are the correlation lengths in the three directions. exp[−2 n/ξ1(T)]. This is apparently different from the usual definition, motivated by the observation that hσxσyiT ≈ exp[−|x − y|/ξ] for any sites x, y. For the Ising model on a reg￾ular lattice, however, the two definitions are known to give the same correlation length (at least in the high-temperature region). Here we conjecture equivalence, and therefor employ the simpler definition, (3). We can now state our main results. We choose the interactions J1, J2 and J3 so as to satisfy 0 < J1 ≤ J2 ≤ J3. When…
Figure 4. The region 1 is where J3/J1 ≥ (2J2)/J1 + 1, and region 2 is where J3/J1 < (2J2)/J1 + 1. We have partial and complete restoration of anisotropy in these two regions, respectively. which corresponds to the shaded region 2 in
Figure 5. Thanks to the special geometry of the SG, the renormaliz
Figure 6. Each diamond denotes 500 points of the renormalization flo
Figure 7. The RG flow in the two-dimensional space (
Figure 8. Each square, plus sign, and diamond represents 2000 poin
Figure 9. The region 2a with K2/K1 > 1, K3/K1 < 3, and the region 2b with K3/K1 < 2(K2/K1) + 1, K3/K1 ≥ 3. 1 3 K K 3 1 K1 1+ε = 3 K3 K1 c K1
Figure 10. The RG flow in the two-dimensional space (

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