Phase transitions in the Potts model on complex networks
The Potts model is one of the most popular spin models of statistical physics. The prevailing majority of work done so far corresponds to the lattice version of the model. However, many natural or man-made systems are much better described by the topology of a network. We consider the q-state Potts...
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irk-123456789-1208142017-06-14T03:02:40Z Phase transitions in the Potts model on complex networks Krasnytska, M. Berche, B. Holovatch, Yu. The Potts model is one of the most popular spin models of statistical physics. The prevailing majority of work done so far corresponds to the lattice version of the model. However, many natural or man-made systems are much better described by the topology of a network. We consider the q-state Potts model on an uncorrelated scale-free network for which the node-degree distribution manifests a power-law decay governed by the exponent \lambda. We work within the mean-field approximation, since for systems on random uncorrelated scale-free networks this method is known often to give asymptotically exact results. Depending on particular values of q and \lambda one observes either a first-order or a second-order phase transition or the system is ordered at any finite temperature. In a case study, we consider the limit q=1 (percolation) and find a correspondence between the magnetic exponents and those describing percolation on a scale-free network. Interestingly, logarithmic corrections to scaling appear at \lambda=4 in this case. Модель Поттса є однiєю з найпопулярнiших моделей статистичної фiзики. Бiльшiсть робiт, виконаних ранiше, стосувалась ґраткової версiї цiєї моделi. Однак багато природних та створених людиною систем набагато краще описуються топологiєю мережi. Ми розглядаємо q-станову модель Поттса на нескорельованiй безмасштабнiй мережi iз степенево згасною функцiєю розподiлу ступенiв вузлiв iз показником λ. Працюємо в наближеннi середнього поля, оскiльки для систем на нескорельованих безмасштабних мережах цей метод часто дозволяє отримати асимптотично точнi результати. В залежностi вiд значень q та λ, спостерiгаємо фазовi переходи першого чи другого роду, або ж система залишається впорядкованою при будь-якiй температурi. Також розглядаємо границю q = 1 (перколяцiя) та знаходимо вiдповiднiсть мiж магнiтними критичними показниками та показниками, що описують перколяцiю на безмаста-бнiй мережi. Цiкаво, що в цьому випадку логарифмiчнi поправки до скейлiнгу з’являються при λ = 4. 2013 Article Phase transitions in the Potts model on complex networks / M. Krasnytska, B. Berche, Yu. Holovatch// Condensed Matter Physics. — 2013. — Т. 16, № 2. — С. 2:1-15. — Бібліогр.: 54 назв. — англ. 1607-324X PACS: 64.60.ah, 64.60.aq, 64.60.Bd DOI:10.5488/CMP.16.23602 arXiv:1302.3386 http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/120814 en Condensed Matter Physics Інститут фізики конденсованих систем НАН України |
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Condensed Matter Physics, 2013, Vol. 16, No 2, 23602: 1–15
DOI: 10.5488/CMP.16.23602
http://www.icmp.lviv.ua/journal
Phase transitions in the Potts model on complex
networks
M. Krasnytska1,2, B. Berche2, Yu. Holovatch1
1 Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
1 Svientsitskii St., 79011 Lviv, Ukraine
2 Institut Jean Lamour, Université de Lorraine, F–54506 Vandœuvre les Nancy, France
Received February 14, 2013, in final form March 22, 2013
The Potts model is one of the most popular spin models of statistical physics. The prevailing majority of work
done so far corresponds to the lattice version of the model. However, many natural or man-made systems are
much better described by the topology of a network. We consider the q-state Potts model on an uncorrelated
scale-free network for which the node-degree distribution manifests a power-law decay governed by the ex-
ponent λ. We work within the mean-field approximation, since for systems on random uncorrelated scale-free
networks this method is known to often give asymptotically exact results. Depending on particular values of q
and λ one observes either a first-order or a second-order phase transition or the system is ordered at any finite
temperature. In a case study, we consider the limit q = 1 (percolation) and find a correspondence between
the magnetic exponents and those describing percolation on a scale-free network. Interestingly, logarithmic
corrections to scaling appear at λ= 4 in this case.
Key words: Potts model, complex networks, percolation, critical exponents
PACS: 64.60.ah, 64.60.aq, 64.60.Bd
1. Introduction
Considerable attention has been paid recently to the analysis of phase transition peculiarities on com-
plex networks [1–6]. Possible applications of spin models on complex networks can be found in various
segments of physics, starting from problems of sociophysics [7] to physics of nanosystems [8], where the
structure is often much better described by a network than by geometry of a lattice. In turn, the Potts
model, being of interest also for purely academic reasons, has numerous realizations, see e.g., [9] for
some of them. The Hamiltonian of the Potts model that we are going to consider in this paper reads:
−H =
1
2
∑
i , j
Ji j δni ,n j
+
∑
i
hiδni ,0 , (1.1)
here, ni = 0,1, . . . q − 1, where q Ê 1 is the number of Potts states, hi is a local external magnetic field
chosen to favour the 0-th component of the Potts spin variable ni . The main difference with respect to
the usual lattice Potts Hamiltonian is that the summation in (1.1) is performed over all pairs i , j of N
nodes of the network, Ji j being proportional to the elements of an adjacency matrix of the network. For
a given network, Ji j equals J if nodes i and j are linked and it equals 0 otherwise.
Being one of possible generalizations of the Ising model, the Potts model possesses a richer phase di-
agram. In particular, either first or second order phase transitions occur depending on specific values of
q and d for d -dimensional lattice systems [9]. It is well established by now that this picture is changed
by introducing structural disorder, see e.g., [10] and references therein for 2d lattices and [11] for 3d
lattices. Here, we will analyze the impact of changes in the topology of the underlying structure on ther-
modynamics of this model, when Potts spins reside on the nodes of an uncorrelated scale-free network,
as explained more in detail below.
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From the mathematical point of view, the notion of complex networks which has been intensively ex-
ploited in the physical community already for several decades, is nothing else but a complex graph [1–5].
Accordingly, the analysis of the Potts model on various graphs has already a certain history. Similar to
the Ising model [12, 13], the Potts model on a Cayley tree does not exhibit long-range order [14] but rather
a phase transition of continuous order [15]. Some exact results for the three state Potts model with com-
peting interactions on the Bethe lattice are given in [16] and the phase diagram of the three state Potts
model with next nearest neighbour interactions on the Bethe lattice is discussed in [17]. Potts model on
the Apollonian network (an undirected graph constructed using the procedure of recursive subdivision)
was considered in [18]. So far, not too much is known about critical properties of the model (1.1) on scale-
free networks of different types. Two pioneering papers [19, 20] (the latter paper was further elaborated
in [21]) that used the generalized mean field approach and recurrent relations in the tree-like approxima-
tion, respectively, although agree in principle about suppression of the first order phase transition in this
model for the fat-tailed node degree distribution, but differ in the description of the phase diagram. Sev-
eral MC simulations also show evidence of the changes in the behavior of the Potts model on a scale-free
network in comparison with its 2d counterpart [21, 22]. The Potts model on an inhomogeneous annealed
network was considered in [23]; relation between the Potts model with topology-dependent interaction
and biased percolation on scale-free networks was considered in [24]. Smoothing of the first order phase
transition for the Potts model with large values of q on scale-free evolving networks was observed in [25].
In this paper, we will calculate thermodynamic functions of the Potts model on an uncorrelated scale-
free network. In contrast to [19], we will work with the free energy ( [19] dealt with the equation of state).
This will enable us to get a comprehensive list of scaling exponents governing the second-order phase
transition as well as percolation exponents. We will show the emergence of logarithmic corrections to
scaling for percolation and calculate the logarithmic correction exponents. The paper is organized as
follows. In section 2 we derive general expressions for the free energy of the Potts model on uncorrelated
scale-free network. Thermodynamic functions will be further analyzed in section 3, where we obtain
leading scaling exponents and show the onset of logarithmic corrections to scaling for some special cases.
In section 4 we will further elaborate the q = 1 limit of the Potts model, that corresponds to percolation
on a complex network. We end by conclusions and outlook in section 5.
It is our pleasure to contribute by this paper to the Festschrift dedicated to Mykhajlo Kozlovskii on the
occasion of his 60th birthday and doing so to wish him many more years of fruitful scientific activity.
2. Free energy of the Potts model on uncorrelated scale-free network
In what follows we will use the mean field approach to analyze the thermodynamics of the Potts
model (1.1) on an uncorrelated scale-free network, that is, a network that is maximally random under
the constraint of a power-law node degree distribution:
P (k) = cλk−λ, (2.1)
where P (k) is the probability that any given node has degree k and cλ can be readily found from the
normalization condition
∑k⋆
k=k⋆
P (k) = 1, with k⋆ and k⋆ being the minimal and maximal node degree,
correspondingly. For an infinite network, limN→∞ k⋆ → ∞. A model of uncorrelated network with a
given node-degree distribution (called also configuration model, see e.g., [26]) provide a natural general-
ization of the classical Erdös-Rényi random graph and is an undirected graph maximally random under
the constraint that its degree distribution is specified. It has been shown that for such networks the mean
field approach leads in many cases to asymptotically exact results. In particular, this has been verified
for the Ising model using recurrence relations [27] and replica method [32] and further applied to O(m)-
symmetric and anisotropic cubic models [28], mutually interacting Ising models [29, 30] as well as to
percolation [19]. For the Potts model, however, two approximation schemes, the mean field treatment
[19] and an effective medium Bethe lattice approach [20], were shown to lead to different results.
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2.1. General relations
To define the order parameter and to carry out the mean field approximation in the Hamiltonian
(1.1), let us introduce local thermodynamic averages:
µi = δni ,0 , νi = δni ,α,0 , (2.2)
where the averaging means:
(. . . ) =
Sp(. . . )exp(−H/T )
Z
, (2.3)
T is the temperature and we choose units such that the Boltzmann constant kB = 1. The partition function
Z = Spexp(−H/T ), (2.4)
and the trace is defined by:
Sp(. . . )=
N
∏
i=1
q−1
∑
ni=0
(. . . ). (2.5)
The two quantities defined in (2.2) can be related using the normalization condition δni ,0+
∑q−1
α=1δni ,α = 1,
leading to:
νi =
(1−µi )
(q −1)
. (2.6)
Observing the behaviour of averages (2.2) calculated with the Hamiltonian (1.1) in the low- and high-
temperature limit: µi (T →∞) = νi (T →∞) = 1/q , µi (T → 0) = 1, νi (T → 0) = 0 the local order parameter
(local magnetization), 0É mi É 1, can be written as:
mi =
qδni 0 −1
q −1
. (2.7)
Now, neglecting the second-order contributions from the fluctuations δni ,n j
−δni ,n j
one gets the Hamil-
tonian (1.1) in the mean field approximation:
−H mfa
=
∑
i , j
Ji j δni ,0m j +
1
q
∑
i , j
Ji j
[
1−m j + (1−q)mi m j
]
+
∑
i
hiδni ,0 . (2.8)
The free energy in the mean field approximation, −g = T ln Spexp(−H mfa/T ), readily follows:
− g =
1
q
∑
i , j
Ji j
[
1−m j + (1−q)mi m j
]
+T
∑
i
ln
[
exp
(
∑
j Ji j m j +hi
T
)
+q −1
]
. (2.9)
As usual within the mean field scheme, the free energy (2.9) depends, besides the temperature, both
on magnetic field and magnetization. The latter dependence is eliminated by the free energy minimiza-
tion, leading in its turn to the equation of state. For the Potts model on uncorrelated scale-free networks
the equation of state, that follows from (2.8) was analyzed in [19]. Here, we aim to further analyze temper-
ature and field dependency of the thermodynamic functions. Contrary to the mean field approximation
for lattice models, where one assumes homogeneity of the local order parameter (putting mi = m for
lattices), intrinsic heterogeneity of a network, where different nodes may have in principle very differ-
ent degrees, does not allow one to make such an assumption. One can rather assume within the mean
field approximation that the nodes with the same degree are characterized by the same magnetization.
Therefore, the global order parameter for spin models on network is introduced via weighted local order
parameters (see e.g. [33]). Following [19] let us define the global order parameter by:
m =
∑
i ki mi
∑
i ki
. (2.10)
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Within the mean field approach, we substitute the matrix elements Ji j in (2.9) by the probability pi j of
nodes i , j to be connected. The latter for the uncorrelated network depends only on the node degrees
ki , k j :
Ji j = J pi j = J
ki k j
N〈k〉
, (2.11)
where J is an interaction constant, 〈k〉 = 1/N
∑N
i=1 ki is the mean node degree per node 1. The free energy
(2.9), being expressed in terms of (2.10), (2.11), contains sums of unary-type functions over all network
nodes. Using the node degree distribution function, these sums can bewritten as sums over node degrees:
1
N
∑N
i=1 f (ki ) =
∑k⋆
k=k⋆
P (k) f (k). In the infinite network limit, N → ∞, k⋆ → ∞, passing from sums to
integrals and assuming homogeneous external magnetic field hi = h we get for the free energy of the
Potts model on an uncorrelated scale-free network:
g =
∞
∫
k⋆
[
−
Jk
q
+
Jk
q
m +
Jk(q −1)
q
m2
−T ln
(
e
m Jk+h
T +q −1
)
]
P (k)dk , (2.12)
where the node-degree distribution function is given by (2.1). For small external magnetic field h, keeping
in (2.12) the lowest order contributions in h, hm and absorbing the m-independent terms into the free
energy shift we obtain:
g =
J〈k〉
q
m +
J〈k〉(q −1)
q
m2
−T
∞
∫
k⋆
ln
(
em Jk/T
+q −1
)
P (k)dk −
(q −1)〈k〉J
q2T
mh . (2.13)
Free energy (2.13) is the central expression to be further analyzed. In the spirit of the Landau theory,
expanding (2.13) at small m and first keeping terms ∼ m2, one gets for the above expression at zero
external magnetic field:
g ≃− ln q +
J〈k〉(q −1)
qT
(T −T0)m2 , (2.14)
where T0 =
J〈k2〉
2q〈k〉 . Provided that the second moment 〈k2〉 of the distribution (2.1) exists, one observes
that depending on temperature T , the coefficient at m2 changes its sign at T0. This temperature will be
further related to the transition temperature. Another observation, usual for the spin models on scale-
free networks [6] is, that the system remains ordered at any finite temperature when 〈k2〉 diverges (since
T0 →∞). For distribution (2.1) this happens at λ É 3. Therefore, we will be primarily interested in tem-
perature and magnetic field behaviour of the Potts model at λ > 3 2 . The expansion of the function
under the logarithm in (2.13) at small order parameter m involves both the small and the large values of
its argument, m Jk. To further analyze (2.13), let us rewrite it singling out the contribution (2.14) 3 and
introducing a new integration variable x = m Jk/T :
g =
J〈k〉(q −1)
qT
(T −T0)m2
+
cλ(m J )λ−1
T λ−2
∞
∫
x⋆
ϕ(x)dx −
(q −1)〈k〉J
q2T
mh , (2.15)
where x⋆ = m Jk⋆/T and
ϕ(x) =
[
− ln
(
ex
+q −1
)
+ ln q +
x
q
+
q −1
2q2
x2
]
1
xλ
. (2.16)
Note that the Taylor expansion of the expression in square brackets in (2.16) at small x starts from x3,
whereas at large x the function ϕ(x) behaves as x2−λ and, therefore, the integral in (2.15) is bounded at
the upper integration limit for λ > 3. To analyze the behaviour of the integral at the lower integration
limit when m → 0 we proceed as follows.
1Such approximation makes the model alike the Hopfield model used in description of spin glasses and autoassociative memory
[34–39].
2Scale-free networks with k⋆ = 1 do not possess a spanning cluster for λ > λc (λc = 4 for continuous node degree distribution
and λc ≃ 3.48 for the discrete one [40]). We can avoid this restriction by a proper choice of k⋆ > 1.
3Again, we absorb the constant − ln q into the free energy shift.
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2.2. Non-integer λ
Let us first consider the case when λ is non-integer. Then, we represent ϕ(x) for small x as 4 :
ϕ(x)=
[λ−1]
∑
i=3
ai
xλ−i
+
∞
∑
i=[λ]
ai
xλ−i
, (2.17)
where [ℓ] is the integer part of ℓ, ai ≡ ai (q) are the coefficients of the Taylor expansion:
− ln(ex
+q −1) =
∞
∑
i=0
ai xi . (2.18)
The first coefficients are as follows:
a0 =− ln q, a1 =
−1
q
, a2 =−
q −1
2q2
, a3 =−
(q −1)(q −2)
6q3
, a4 =−
(q −1)(q2 −6q +6)
24q4
.
Integration of the first sum in (2.17) leads to initial terms that diverge at x → 0. Let us extract these from
the integrand and evaluate the integral in (2.15) as follows:
lim
x⋆→0
∞
∫
x⋆
ϕ(x)dx = lim
x⋆→0
∞
∫
x⋆
[
ϕ(x)−
[λ−1]
∑
i=3
ai
xλ−i
]
dx + lim
x⋆→0
[λ−1]
∑
i=3
∞
∫
x⋆
ai
xλ−i
dx . (2.19)
For the reasons explained above, the first term in (2.19) does not diverge at small m, neither does it
diverge at large x, so one can evaluate this integral at m = 0 numerically. In what follows we will denote
it as:
c(q,λ) ≡
∞
∫
0
[
ϕ(x)−
[λ−1]
∑
i=3
ai
xλ−i
]
dx . (2.20)
Numerical values of c(q,λ) at different q and λ are given in table 1.
Table 1. Normalized numerical values of the coefficient c(q,λ)/(q − 1), equation (2.20), for different q
and λ.
H
H
H
H
H
λ
q
1 2 3 4 6 8
5.4 −3.0692 −0.0079 −0.0002 0.0013 0.0011 0.0007
5.1 −5.9318 −0.0454 −0.0106 −0.0006 0.0028 0.0025
4.8 −0.1686 0.0352 0.0148 0.0058 0.0005 −0.0005
4.5 −0.2439 0.0237 0.0154 0.0085 0.0030 0.0012
4.2 −0.6809 0.0275 0.0344 0.0240 0.0119 0.0067
3.9 0.5975 0.0420 −0.0540 −0.0528 −0.0346 −0.0231
3.6 0.7240 0.0830 0.0065 −0.0076 −0.0102 −0.0085
3.3 1.4001 0.2469 0.0790 0.0315 0.0052 −0.0010
Integration of the second term in (2.19) leads to:
[λ−1]
∑
i=3
∞
∫
x⋆
ai
xλ−i
dx =
[λ−1]
∑
i=3
ai (x⋆)−λ+i+1
λ−1− i
. (2.21)
4It is meant in (2.17) and afterwards, that the first sum is equal to zero if the upper summation limit is smaller than the lower
one, i.e. for λ< 4.
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Finally, substituting (2.20) and (2.21) into (2.15) we arrive at the following expression for the first leading
terms of the free energy at non-integer λ:
g =
J〈k〉(q −1)
qT
(T −T0)m2
+
cλc(q,λ)
T λ−2
(m J )λ−1
+cλ
[λ−1]
∑
i=3
ai (m Jk⋆)i
λ−1− i
T 1−i
−
J〈k〉(q −1)
q2T
mh+O
(
m[λ]
)
. (2.22)
2.3. Integer λ
Let us consider now the case of integer λ. To single out the logarithmic singularity in the integral of
equation (2.15), let us proceed as follows (e.g., see p. 253 in: [41]). Denoting
K (y)=
∞
∫
y
ϕ(x)dx (2.23)
we take the derivative with respect to y :
dK (y)
dy
=−ϕ(y) . (2.24)
Now, K (y) can be obtained expanding the expression in square brackets in (2.16) at small y and integrat-
ing equation (2.24):
K (y)=−
∫
ϕ(y)dy =
∞
∑
i=3,i,λ−1
ai y i+1−λ
λ− i −1
−aλ−1 ln(y)+C (q,λ), (2.25)
with an integration constant C (q,λ) and coefficients ai given by (2.18). Numerical values of C (q,λ) at
different q and λ are given in table 2.
Table 2. C (q,λ)/(q −1) for different q and λ.
H
H
H
H
H
λ
q
1 2 3 4 6 8
4 0.9810 0.0355 −0.0085 −0.0134 −0.0109 −0.0079
5 0.4853 0.0194 −0.0527 −0.0483 −0.0303 −0.0197
Substituting K (m Jk⋆), cf. equation (2.23), into (2.15) we arrive at the following expression for the free
energy at integer λ:
g =
J〈k〉(q −1)
qT
(T −T0)m2
−
cλaλ−1
T λ−2
(m J )λ−1 ln m +cλ
[
C (q,λ)−aλ−1 ln(Jk⋆/T )
]
×
(m J )λ−1
T λ−2
+cλ
λ−2
∑
i=3
ai (m Jk⋆)i
λ− i −1
T 1−i
−
J〈k〉(q −1)
q2T
mh+O(m[λ]) . (2.26)
Expressions (2.22), (2.26) for the free energy of the Potts model will be analyzed in the subsequent
sections in different regions of q and λ.
3. Thermodynamic functions
Towards an analysis of the Potts model also in the percolation limit q = 1, let us rescale the free energy
by the factor (q−1): g
′mfa = g /(q−1) and absorb it by re-defining the free energy scale. Then, each term in
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(2.22), (2.26) is also to be divided by (q−1). Let us use the following notations for several first coefficients
at different powers of m in (2.22), (2.26):
A =
2J〈k〉
q
, (3.1)
B =−
cλ(Jk⋆)3(q −2)
2q3(λ−4)
, B ′
=−
cλ J 3(q −2)
2q3
, (3.2)
C =−
cλ(Jk⋆)4(q2 −6q +6)
6q4(λ−5)
, C ′
=−
cλ J 4(q2 −6q +6)
6q4
, (3.3)
K =
cλ Jλ−1c(q,λ)
(q −1)
, (3.4)
D =
J〈k〉
q2
. (3.5)
Below, we will start the analysis of thermodynamic properties of the Potts model by determining its phase
diagram in different regions of q and λ.
3.1. The phase diagram
To analyze the phase diagram, let us write down the expressions of the free energy at small val-
ues of m, keeping in (2.22), (2.26) only the contributions that, on the one hand, allow us to describe the
non-trivial behaviour, and, on the other hand, ensure thermodynamic stability. Since the coefficients at
different powers of m are functions of q and λ, cf. (3.1)–(3.5), the form of the free energy will differ for
different q and λ as well.
3.1.1. 1 É q < 2
As far as the coefficients K , B and B ′ at mλ−1, m3 and m3 ln m are positive in this region of q , it is
sufficient to consider only the three first terms in the free energy expansion:
3 <λ< 4 : g =
A
2T
(T −T0)m2
+
K
T λ−2
mλ−1
−
D
T
mh, (3.6)
λ= 4 : g =
A
2T
(T −T0)m2
+
B ′
3T 2
m3 ln
1
m
−
D
T
mh, (3.7)
λ> 4 : g =
A
2T
(T −T0)m2
+
B
3T 2
m3
−
D
T
mh. (3.8)
The typical m-dependence of functions (3.6)–(3.8) at h = 0 is shown in figure 1 (a). As it is common for the
continuous phase transition scenario, the free energy has a single minimum (at m = 0) for T > T0. A non-
zero value of m that minimizes the free energy appears starting from T = T0. In particular, the transition
remains continuous in the percolation limit q = 1, as will be further considered in sections 3.2.1, 4.
3.1.2. q = 2
For q = 2, the Potts model corresponds to the Ising model. Indeed, in this case the coefficient at m3
vanishes and the first terms in the free energy expansion read:
3< λ< 5 : g =
A
2T
(T −T0)m2
+K
1
T λ−2
mλ−1
−
D
T
mh, (3.9)
λ= 5 : g =
A
2T
(T −T0)m2
+
C ′
4T 3
m4 ln
1
m
−
D
T
mh, (3.10)
λ> 5 : g =
A
2T
(T −T0)m2
+
C
4T 3
m4
−
D
T
mh. (3.11)
It is easy to check that the above coefficients K , C , C ′ are positive for q = 2. Therefore, again the free
energy behaviour corresponds to the continuous second-order phase transition, see figure 1 (a).
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(a) (b)
Figure 1. Typical behaviour of the free energy of the Potts model on uncorrelated scale-free networks at
zero external field h = 0. (a): continuous phase transition; (b): first-order phase transition.
3.1.3. q > 2
In this region of q , phase transition scenario depends on the sign of the next-leading contribution to
the free energy. Indeed, for positive K the free energy reads:
3< λ<λc(q) : g =
A
2T
(T −T0)m2
+K
1
T λ−2
mλ−1
−
D
T
mh, (3.12)
where K remains positive in the region of λ bounded by the marginal value λc defined by the condition
c(q,λc) = 0, (3.13)
with c(q,λ) given by (2.20). The free energy (3.12) is schematically shown in figure 1 (a) for different T .
As in the former cases, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, it corresponds to the continuous phase transition. With an increase of
λ, the coefficient K becomes negative and one has to include the next term:
λc(q) <λ< 4 : g =
A
2T
(T −T0)m2
+K
1
T λ−2
mλ−1
+
B
3T 2
m3
−
D
T
mh, (3.14)
B > 0 for λ < 4. Now, due to the negative sign of the coefficient at mλ−1, the free energy develops a
local minimum for lower T [see figure 1 (b)] and the order parameter manifests a discontinuity at the
transition point Tc: scenario, typical of the first order phase transition.With further increase of λ, one has
to includemore terms in the free energy expansion for the sake of thermodynamic stability. However, the
sign at the second lowest order term remains negative, which corresponds to the free energy behaviour
shown in figure 1 (b): the phase transition remains first order.
The above considerations can be summarized in the “phase diagram" of the Potts model on uncorre-
lated scale-free networks, that is shown in figure 2. Therein, we show the type of the phase transition for
different values of parameters λ and q .
3.1.4. General q , 2 <λÉ 3
As it was outlined above, for 2 < λ É 3 the Potts model remains ordered at any finite temperature.
Similar to the Ising model [27], it is easy to find the high-temperature decay of the order parameter in this
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Figure 2. (Color online) The phase diagram of the Potts model on uncorrelated scale-free network. The
black solid line separates the 1st order PT region from the 2nd order PT region (shaded). The critical
exponents along the line are λ-dependent. In the 2nd order PT region, the critical exponents are either
λ-dependent (below the light solid line, red online) or attain the mean field percolation values (above
the red line). For q = 2, λ Ê 5 (shown by the gray dashed line), the critical exponents attain the mean
field Ising values. Two different families of the logarithmic corrections to scaling appear: at λ= 5, q = 2
(a square, red online) and at λ = 4, 1 É q < 2 (light solid line, red online). For λ É 3 (the region below
the black dashed line) the system remains ordered at any finite temperature. The values for the rest of
critical exponents are listed in tables 3, 4.
region of λ for any value of q Ê 1. Since 〈k2〉 becomes divergent for 2 <λÉ 3 one does not write this term
separately in the expression for the free energy [cf. (2.15)]. As a result, the corresponding expressions for
the free energy read:
2 <λ< 3 : g =
A
2T
m2
+
K ′
T λ−2
mλ−1
−
D
T
mh, (3.15)
λ= 3 : g =
A
2T
m2
+
cλ J 2
4q2T
m2 ln
1
m
+
cλ J 2
T
[
C ′(q,3)
q −1
+
1
2q2
ln
(
Jk⋆
T
)]
m2
−
D
T
mh .
(3.16)
Here, the expressions for the coefficients K ′, C ′(q,3) are the same as for K , C (q,3), equation (3.4), (2.25)
with the only difference that the function ϕ(x) used for their calculation does not contain the x2 term. It
is easy to check that the free energies (3.15), (3.16) are minimal for any finite temperature at a non-zero
value of m that decays at high T as [19, 32]:
2 <λ< 3 : m ∼ T −
λ−2
3−λ , (3.17)
λ= 3 : m ∼ T e−αT , α> 0. (3.18)
The above equations (3.17), (3.18) give the temperature behaviour of the mean-field order parameter m.
The connection with the magnetization M is found from the self-consistency relation:
M =−
(∂g
∂h
)
T
. (3.19)
One can check that the solution of this equation at large T is of the form M ∼ m
T
. Correspondingly, this
leads to the following high temperature decay of M [27]:
2 <λ< 3 : M ∼ T
1
λ−3 , (3.20)
λ= 3 : M ∼ e−αT , α> 0. (3.21)
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For the sake of simplicity, in what follows, we will express the thermodynamic functions in terms of
the mean field order parameter m. To get their M dependence, one has to take into account the above
considerations.
3.2. Regime of the second order phase transition, critical exponents
Let us find the critical exponents that govern the behaviour of thermodynamic functions in the vicin-
ity of the 2nd order phase transition point h = 0,τ≡ |T −T0|/T0 = 0,where T0 is the critical temperature of
the 2nd order phase transition (T 2nd
c = T0). To this end, we will be interested in the following exponents
that govern the temperature and field dependent behavior of the order parameter m, the isothermal sus-
ceptibility χT = ( ∂m
∂h )T , the specific heat ch = T ( ∂S
∂T )h , and the magnetocaloric coefficient mT =−T ( ∂S
∂h )T :
h = 0 : m ∼ τβ, χT ∼ τ−γ, ch ∼ τ−α, mT ∼ τ−ω, (3.22)
τ= 0 : m ∼ h1/δ, χT ∼ h−γc , ch ∼ h−αc , mT ∼ h−ωc . (3.23)
Like in the previous subsection, we analyze this behaviour in different regions of q and λ. The results of
this analysis are summarized in table 3.
Table 3. Leading critical exponents of the Potts model on uncorrelated scale-free network.
q λ α αc β δ γ γc ω ωc
1É q É 2 3< λ< 4 λ−5
λ−3
λ−5
λ−2
1
λ−3 λ−2 1 λ−3
λ−2
λ−4
λ−3
λ−4
λ−2
1 É q < 2 λÊ 4 −1 −1/2 1 2 1 1/2 0 0
q = 2 3< λ< 5 λ−5
λ−3
λ−5
λ−2
1
λ−3
λ−2 1 λ−3
λ−2
λ−4
λ−3
λ−4
λ−2
q = 2 λÊ 5 0 0 1/2 3 1 2/3 1/2 1/3
q > 2 3< λÉλc(q) λ−5
λ−3
λ−5
λ−2
1
λ−3
λ−2 1 λ−3
λ−2
λ−4
λ−3
λ−4
λ−2
3.2.1. 1 É q < 2
In this region of q , the free energy is given by the expressions (3.6)–(3.8). For T > T0, g is minimal
for h = 0 at a zero value of the order parameter m = 0. For T < T0, the minimum of the free energy
corresponds to the non-zero m. Based on the expressions (3.6)–(3.8) we find in different regions of λ:
3 <λ< 4 : m = T
λ−2
λ−3
0
[
Aτ
K (λ−1)
] 1
λ−3
, (3.24)
λ= 4 : m =
AT 2
0
B ′
τ| lnτ|−1, (3.25)
λ> 4 : m =
AT 2
0
B
τ. (3.26)
Using formulae (3.24), (3.26) at q = 1 we reproduce the corresponding results for the percolation on scale-
free networks [42]: the usual mean field percolation result for the exponent β= 1 for λ > 4 and β = 1
λ−3
for 3< λ< 4. Note the appearance of the logarithmic correction at the marginal value λ= 4. The resulting
values of the exponent are given in table 3. Subsequently, we obtain the remaining exponents defined in
(3.22), (3.23) and display them in the first two rows of table 3 as well.
Similar to the order parameter, (3.25), the temperature and field behaviour of the rest of thermody-
namic functions at λ= 4 in the vicinity of the critical point is characterized by the logarithmic corrections.
Let us define the corresponding logarithmic-correction-to-scaling exponents by [47]:
h = 0 : m ∼ τβ| lnτ |β̂, χT ∼ τ−γ| lnτ |γ̂, ch ∼ τ−α| lnτ |α̂, mT ∼ τ−ω| lnτ |ω̂, (3.27)
τ= 0 : m ∼ h1/δ
| ln h |
δ̂, χT ∼ h−γc | ln h |
γ̂c , ch ∼ h−αc | lnh |
α̂c , mT ∼ h−ωc | ln h |
ω̂c . (3.28)
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The obtained corresponding values are given in table 4. Note, that all exponents are negative: logarithmic
corrections enhance the decay to zero of the decaying quantities and weaken the singularities of the
diverging quantities. We discuss this behaviour more in detail in section 4.
Table 4. Logarithmic-corrections exponents for the Potts model on uncorellated scale-free network.
q λ α̂ α̂c β̂ δ̂ γ̂ γ̂c ω̂ ω̂c
1 É q < 2 λ= 4 −2 −3/2 −1 −1/2 0 −1/2 −1 −1
q = 2 λ= 5 −1 −1 −1/2 −1/3 0 −1/3 −1/2 −2/3
3.2.2. q = 2, the Ising model
For different λ, the free energy is given by (3.9)–(3.11). Minimizing these expressions one finds for the
order parameter at h = 0, T < T0:
3 <λ< 5 : m = T
λ−2
λ−3
0
[
Aτ
K (λ−1)
] 1
λ−3
, (3.29)
λ= 5 : m =
√
AT 3
0
C ′
τ1/2
| lnτ|−1/2, (3.30)
λ> 5 : m =
√
AT 3
0
C
τ1/2. (3.31)
The corresponding critical exponents for the other thermodynamic quantities are given in the third and
fourth rows of table 3. Logarithmic corrections to scaling (3.27)–(3.28) appear at λ = 5, their values are
given in the second row of table 4. Critical behaviour of this model on an uncorrelated scale-free network
was a subject of intensive analysis, see e.g., the papers [27, 28, 31, 32] and by the result given in table 3
we reproduce the results for the exponents obtained therein.
3.2.3. q > 2, 3 <λÉλc(q)
In this region of q, λ the phase transition remains continuous, see the phase diagram, figure 2, and
the free energy is given by the expression (3.12). Correspondingly, one finds that the spontaneous mag-
netization behaves as
3 <λÉ λc(q) : m = T
λ−2
λ−3
0
[
Aτ
K (λ−1)
] 1
λ−3
. (3.32)
The values of the rest of the critical exponents are given in the sixth row of table 3. Since the leading
terms of the free energy (3.12) at 3 <λÉλc(q) coincide with that of the Ising model at 3 <λÉ 5, (3.9), the
behaviour of thermodynamic functions in the vicinity of the second order phase transition is governed by
the same set of the critical exponents: the Potts model for q > 2, 3 < λÉλc(q) belongs to the universality
class of the Ising model at 3 < λ É 5. This result was first observed in [19] by treating the mean field
approximation for the equation of state.
3.3. The first order phase transition
For q > 2, λ > λc(q) the phase transition is of the first order, see the phase diagram in figure 2. As
we have outlined in section 3.1.3, the next-leading order term of the free energy has a negative sign and
the free energy behaves as shown in figure 1 (b). As further analysis shows, the higher the value of λ
the more terms one has to take into account in the free energy expansion in order to ensure the correct
g (m) asymptotics. Therefore, in the results given below we restrict ourselves to the region λc(q) <λ< 4,
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where the free energy is given by equation (3.14). The first order phase transition temperature T 1st
c is
found from the condition g (m = 0,T 1st
c ) = g (m , 0,T 1st
c ), see the red (middle) curve in figure 1 (b):
T 1st
c = T0 +
[
−B
3K (λ−1)(λ−3)
] λ−3
λ−4 2K (λ−1)(λ−4)
A
. (3.33)
For the jump of the order parameter ∆m at Tc we find:
∆m =
[
−B
3K (λ−1)(λ−3)
] 1
λ−4
. (3.34)
Another thermodynamics function to characterize the first order phase transition is the latent heat Q . It
is defined by:
Q =∆S ·T 1st
c , (3.35)
where ∆S is the jump of entropy at Tc. With the free energy given by (3.14) we find the entropy as
S =−
( ∂g
∂T
)
h,m
. (3.36)
Considering the entropy at the transition temperature we can find the latent heat at the first order phase
transition for λc(q)<λ< 4:
Q =
A
2
(∆m)2. (3.37)
4. Notes about percolation on scale-free networks
By the results of section 3.2.1 we also cover the case q = 1, which corresponds to percolation on un-
correlated scale-free networks. The “magnetic” exponents governing corresponding second order phase
transition are given in tables 3, 4. Let us discuss them more in detail, in particular relating them to per-
colation exponents. The following exponents are usually introduced to describe the behavior of different
observables near the percolation 5 point pc [51, 52]: the probability that a given site belongs to the span-
ning cluster
P∞ ∼ (p −pc)β, p > pc , (4.1)
the number of clusters of size s
ns ∼ s−τe−s/s∗ , (4.2)
the cluster size at criticality
s∗ ∼ |p −pc|
−σ, (4.3)
the average size of finite clusters
〈s〉 ∼ |p −pc|
−γ. (4.4)
The above defined exponents β and γ coincide with the “magnetic” exponents β and γ of the q = 1 Potts
model (see tables 3, 4). Therefore, the probability that a given site belongs to the spanning cluster, and
the average size of finite clusters for percolation on uncorrelated scale-free networks are governed by
the scaling exponents:
β=
{ 1
λ−3 , 3 <λ< 4,
1, λ> 4,
(4.5)
γ= 1, λ> 3. (4.6)
The exponents τ and σmay be derived with the help of familiar scaling relations [51, 52]:
σβ= τ−2, (4.7)
γ=
3−τ
σ
. (4.8)
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Substituting the values of β and γ (4.5), (4.6) into (4.7), (4.8) one arrives at the following expressions for
the exponents τ and σ:
τ=
{
2λ−3
λ−2
, 3 <λ< 4,
5
2 , λ> 4,
(4.9)
σ=
{
λ−3
λ−2
, 3 <λ< 4,
1/2, λ> 4.
(4.10)
Analysing the high-temperature behaviour of the Potts model magnetization at 2 < λ < 3, (3.20), one
arrives at the scaling exponents β = 1/(3−λ), γ= −1 for the corresponding observables for percolation
at pc = 0.
Our formulas (4.5), (4.6), (4.9), and (4.10) reproduce the results for the scaling exponents that govern
percolation on uncorrelated scale-free networks [42, 43] as well as those found for the related models
of virus spreading [44, 45]. All the above mentioned papers do not explicitly discuss the case λ = 4 and
possible logarithmic corrections that arise therein. Moreover, a recent review [46], that also discusses the
peculiarities of percolation on uncorrelated scale-free networks does not report on logarithmic correc-
tions [its equation (95) is perhaps wrong since it gives no logarithmic corrections for λ = 4.] Our results
are in the first row of table 4 where we give a comprehensive list of critical exponents that govern loga-
rithmic corrections to scaling appearing for the Potts model at q = 1, λ= 4, as correctly predicted within
the general Landau theory for systems of arbitrary symmetry on uncorrelated scale-free networks [53].
One may compare our values with the corresponding exponents of the d -dimensional lattice percolation
at d = 6: α̂ = β̂ = γ̂ = δ̂ = α̂c = 2/7 (see e.g. [47]). In this respect, the logarithmic-correction exponents
for the lattice percolation at d = 6 and for the scale-free network percolation at λ = 4 belong to differ-
ent universality classes. It is easy to check that the exponents quoted in the last row of table 4 obey the
scaling relations for the logarithmic-corrections exponents: β̂(δ−1) = δδ̂− γ̂, α̂ = 2β̂− γ̂ [48–50], γ̂c = δ̂,
α̂c =
(γ+2)(β̂−γ̂)
β+γ + γ̂ [28].
5. Conclusions and outlook
In this paper we have analyzed the critical behaviour of the q-state Potts model on an uncorrelated
scale-free network. The mean field approach we use in our calculations often leads to asymptotically
exact results when critical behaviour on an uncorrelated scale-free network is considered. However, in
the case of the Potts model, two similar approximate schemes of calculations, the mean field [19] and
the recurrent relations for the tree-like random graphs [20] differ in their results concerning the phase
diagram. In particular, for q > 2 and λ É 3, both approaches predict that the system always remains
ordered at finite temperature. However, for λ > 3, depending on specific values of λ, the first approach
predicts the first or the second order phase transition, whereas the second approach predicts the first
order phase transition. Our results complete the above analysis. However, unlike [19], where the equation
of state was considered, we have considered the thermodynamic potential which enabled us to present a
comprehensive analysis of temperature and magnetic field dependence of thermodynamic quantities. It
is worth noting that the model considered here is alike the Hopfield model [34–37], for which the mean
field approximation is known to give exact results.
Our main results are summarized in figure 2 and in tables 3, 4. Depending on the values of q and on
the node degree distribution exponent λ, the Potts model manifests either the first-order or the second-
order phase transition or it is ordered at any finite temperature, see figure 2. In the second order phase
transition region (shaded in the figure), it belongs either to the universality class of the Ising model on
an uncorrelated scale-free network (with λ-dependent critical exponents) or it is governed by the mean
field percolation (1É q < 2, λÊ 4) or mean field Ising (q = 2, λÊ 5) exponents.
One of the major points where the critical behaviour of the Potts model in the second order phase
transition regime differs from the Ising model is that its logarithmic correction exponents belong to two
different universality classes. As it is well known, in certain situations, the scaling behaviour is modified
by multiplicative logarithmic corrections (see [47] for a recent review and [54] for the specific case of the
Potts model). For lattice systems, such corrections are known to appear, in particular, at the so-called up-
per critical dimension, above which the mean field regime holds. For the scale-free networks, where the
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very notion of dimensionality is ill-defined, a change in the node degree distribution exponent λmay turn
a system to such a regime. For the Ising model, this happens at λ= 5 and is caused by the divergencies in
the fourth moment of the node degree distribution 〈k4〉, as it was analyzed in detail in [28]. In addition
to these corrections, for the Potts model we observe an onset of multiplicative corrections to scaling at
1 É q < 2 for λ = 4. Contrary to the Ising case, these are caused by the divergencies in the third moment
of the node degree distribution 〈k3〉. This difference in the origin of the appearance of these corrections
also causes the difference in their numerical values: this new set of the logarithmic correction to scaling
exponents belongs to the new universality class. In particular, they govern percolation on uncorrelated
scale-free networks at λ= 4.
Acknowledgements
It is our pleasure to thank Bernat Corominas-Murtra, Yuri Kozitsky, Volodymyr Tkachuk, and Loïc
Turban for useful discussions. This work was supported in part by the 7th FP, IRSES project N269139
“Dynamics and Cooperative phenomena in complex physical and biological environments".
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Критична поведiнка моделi Поттса на складних мережах
М. Красницька1,2, Б. Берш2, Ю. Головач1
1 Iнститут фiзики конденсованих систем НАН України,
вул. Свєнцiцького, 1, 79011 Львiв, Україна
2 Iнститут Ж. Лямура, Унiверситет Лотарингiї, F–54506 Вандевр-ле-Нансi, Францiя
Модель Поттса є однiєю з найпопулярнiших моделей статистичної фiзики. Бiльшiсть робiт, виконаних
ранiше, стосувалась ґраткової версiї цiєї моделi. Однак багато природних та створених людиною систем
набагато краще описуються топологiєю мережi. Ми розглядаємо q-станову модель Поттса на нескоре-
льованiй безмасштабнiй мережi iз степенево згасною функцiєю розподiлу ступенiв вузлiв iз показником
λ. Працюємо в наближеннi середнього поля, оскiльки для систем на нескорельованих безмасштабних
мережах цей метод часто дозволяє отримати асимптотично точнi результати. В залежностi вiд значень
q та λ, спостерiгаємо фазовi переходи першого чи другого роду, або ж система залишається впорядко-
ваною при будь-якiй температурi. Також розглядаємо границю q = 1 (перколяцiя) та знаходимо вiдповiд-
нiсть мiж магнiтними критичними показниками та показниками, що описують перколяцiю на безмаста-
бнiй мережi. Цiкаво, що в цьому випадку логарифмiчнi поправки до скейлiнгу з’являються при λ= 4.
Ключовi слова: модель Поттса, складнi мережi, перколяцiя, критичнi показники
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Introduction
Free energy of the Potts model on uncorrelated scale-free network
General relations
Non-integer
Integer
Thermodynamic functions
The phase diagram
1q < 2
q=2
q>2
General q, 2< 3
Regime of the second order phase transition, critical exponents
1q<2
q=2, the Ising model
q>2, 3<c(q)
The first order phase transition
Notes about percolation on scale-free networks
Conclusions and outlook
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