ISSN:
1434-6036
Keywords:
PACS. 05.50.+q Lattice theory and statistics (Ising, Potts, etc.) - 64.60.Cn Order-disorder transformations; statistical mechanics of model systems - 05.70.Fh Phase transitions: general studies
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract: We study the small-world networks recently introduced by Watts and Strogatz [Nature 393, 440 (1998)], using analytical as well as numerical tools. We characterize the geometrical properties resulting from the coexistence of a local structure and random long-range connections, and we examine their evolution with size and disorder strength. We show that any finite value of the disorder is able to trigger a “small-world” behaviour as soon as the initial lattice is big enough, and study the crossover between a regular lattice and a “small-world” one. These results are corroborated by the investigation of an Ising model defined on the network, showing for every finite disorder fraction a crossover from a high-temperature region dominated by the underlying one-dimensional structure to a mean-field like low-temperature region. In particular there exists a finite-temperature ferromagnetic phase transition as soon as the disorder strength is finite. [0.5cm]
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
