Title of article :
Absence of phase transition in the XY-model on Menger sponge
Author/Authors :
Serge Przedborski، نويسنده , , M.A. and Mitrovi?، نويسنده , , B.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2014
Abstract :
We have performed a Monte Carlo study of the classical XY-model on a Menger sponge with the Wolff cluster algorithm (U. Wolff, 1989). The Menger sponge is a fractal object with infinite order of ramification and fractal dimension D = log ( 20 ) / log ( 3 ) = 2.7268 . From the dependence of the helicity modulus on system size and on boundary conditions, we conclude that there is no phase transition in the system at any finite temperature.
Keywords :
XY-model , fractal , Monte Carlo simulations , Menger sponge
Journal title :
Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Journal title :
Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications