Phase Transitions in Ising Model Defined on Complex Networks

Abstract

In this work, we consider an Ising model which allows spin-spin interaction in the systems. We assume that two-level quantum systems are randomly located in N nodes of a complex annealed scale-free network described by the Barabasi-Albert model. It is defined by the power-law degree distribution of nodes. We consider the mean-field approach to the system described by the Ising Hamiltonian. At a certain level, the system is totally characterized by the order parameter Sz. It contains a critical inverse temperature β, which depends on parameter ζ2 as the ratio of the second to the first moment of the degree distribution. We have found that for ζ2, that exceeds its critical value ζ2,c, high temperature phase transition occurs that can be explained by the hubs and clusters which appear in scale-free networks.