scholarly journals OUT OF EQUILIBRIUM PHASE TRANSITIONS AND A TOY MODEL FOR DISORIENTED CHIRAL CONDENSATES

1993 ◽  
Vol 08 (33) ◽  
pp. 3151-3163 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAULO F. BEDAQUE ◽  
ASHOK DAS

We study the dynamics of a second order phase transition in a situation that mimics a sudden quench to a temperature below the critical temperature in a model with dynamical symmetry breaking. In particular we show that the domains of correlated values of the condensate grow as [Formula: see text] and that this result seems to be largely model-independent.

1993 ◽  
Vol 07 (27) ◽  
pp. 1725-1731 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. DE CESARE ◽  
I. RABUFFO ◽  
D.I. UZUNOV

The phase transitions described by coupled spin -1/2 Ising models are investigated with the help of the mean field and the renormalization group theories. Results for the type of possible phase transitions and their fluctuation properties are presented. A fluctuation-induced second-order phase transition is predicted.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakub Mielczarek

This article addresses the issue of possible gravitational phase transitions in the early universe. We suggest that a second-order phase transition observed in the Causal Dynamical Triangulations approach to quantum gravity may have a cosmological relevance. The phase transition interpolates between a nongeometric crumpled phase of gravity and an extended phase with classical properties. Transition of this kind has been postulated earlier in the context of geometrogenesis in the Quantum Graphity approach to quantum gravity. We show that critical behavior may also be associated with a signature change in Loop Quantum Cosmology, which occurs as a result of quantum deformation of the hypersurface deformation algebra. In the considered cases, classical space-time originates at the critical point associated with a second-order phase transition. Relation between the gravitational phase transitions and the corresponding change of symmetry is underlined.


Author(s):  
Dmitrii Andrianov ◽  
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Petr Simonov ◽  

A review of theoretical and applied results obtained in the framework of the scientific direction in econophysics at the Department of information systems and mathematical methods in economics is given. The first part gives the concept of a financial bubble and methods for finding them. At the beginning of the article, the development of econophysics is given. Therefore, using the research of physicists as a model, econophysics should begin its research not from the upper floors of an economic building (in the form of financial markets, distribution of returns on financial assets, etc.), but from its fundamental foundations or, in the words of physicists, from elementary economic objects and forms of their movement (labor, its productivity, etc.). Only in this way can econophysics find its subject of study and become a "new form of economic theory". Further, the main prerequisites of financial bubble models in the market are considered: the principle of the absence of arbitrage opportunities, the existence of rational agents, a risk-driven model, and a price-driven model. A well-known nonlinear LPPL model (log periodic power law model) was proposed. In the works of V.O. Arbuzov, it was proposed to use procedures for selecting models. Namely, basic selection, "stationarity" filtering, and spectral analysis were introduced. The results of the model were presented in the works of D. Sornette and his students. The second part gives the concept of percolation and its application in Economics. We will consider a mathematical model proposed by J.P. Bouchaud, D. Stauffer, and D. Sornette that recreates the behavior of an agent in the market and their interaction, geometrically describing a phase transition of the second kind. In this model, the price of an asset in a single time interval changes in proportion to the difference between supply and demand in this market. The results are published in the works of A.A. Byachkova, B.I. Myznikova and A.A. Simonov. There are two types of phase transition: the first and second kind. During the phase transition of the first kind, the most important, primary extensive parameters change abruptly: the specific volume, the amount of stored internal energy, the concentration of components, and other indicators. It should be noted that this refers to an abrupt change in these values with changes in temperature, pressure, and not a sudden change in time. The most common examples of phase transitions of the first kind are: melting and crystallization, evaporation and condensation. During the second kind of phase transition, the density and internal energy do not change. The jump is experienced by their temperature and pressure derivatives: heat capacity, coefficient of thermal expansion, or various susceptibilities. Phase transitions of the second kind occur when the symmetry of the structure of a substance changes: it can completely disappear or decrease. For quantitative characterization of symmetry in a second-order phase transition, an order parameter is introduced that runs through non-zero values in a phase with greater symmetry, and is identically equal to zero in an unordered phase. Thus, we can consider percolation as a phase transition of the second kind, by analogy with the transition of paramagnets to the state of ferromagnets. The percolation threshold or critical concentration separates two phases of the percolation grid: in one phase there are finite clusters, in the other phase there is one infinite cluster. The key situation to study is the moment of formation of an infinite cluster on the percolation grid, since this means the collapse of the market, when the overwhelming part of agents for this market has a similar opinion about their actions to buy or sell an asset. The main characteristics of the process are the threshold probability of market collapse, as well as the empirical distribution function of price changes in this market. Keywords: econophysics, behavior of agents in the market, market crash, second-order phase transition, percolation theory, model calibration, agent model calibration, percolation gratings, gradient percolation model, percolation threshold, clusters, fractal dimensions, phase transitions of the first and second kind.


1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 939-948 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. ISHIKAWA ◽  
T. INAGAKI ◽  
T. MUTA

As a prototype of composite Higgs models four-fermion interaction models with N-component fermion are investigated in Einstein universe keeping spacetime dimensions for 2≤D<4. It is found that the effective potential for composite operator [Formula: see text] is calculable in the leading order of the 1/N expansion. The resulting effective potential is analyzed by varying the curvature of spacetime and is found to exhibit the symmetry restoration through the second-order phase transition. The critical curvature at which the dynamical fermion mass disappears is analytically calculated.


2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (3S2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chu Thuy Anh ◽  
Dao Hong Lien ◽  
Nguyen Tri Lan ◽  
Nguyen Ai Viet

The econophysics methods are used to study the financial fluctuation of Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) and Hochiminh Stock Exchange (HSX) in comparison to Dow John Industrial Average's one. The study has been made both on panic period (2007-2008) and on normal time of theses stocks. The results point out that for the period under consideration, the distribution of returns tends to be Student distribution. There exists an analogy between non-equilibrium phase transitions and financial market movement. Thus it is hypothesized that financial markets undergo self-organizing when the external volatility perception rises above some critical value, the distribution of signs of returns is to be similar to a second order phase transition. The results obtained by econophysics method have quite good agreement with the ones obtained by other economy analyzation methods.


1980 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Williams ◽  
David Bloor ◽  
David N. Batchelder ◽  
Michael B. Hursthouse ◽  
William B. Daniels

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