Phase transition of a spin-lattice-gas model with two timescales and two temperatures

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2008 Oct;78(4 Pt 1):041132. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.041132. Epub 2008 Oct 31.

Abstract

We study the phase transition of a nonequilibrium statistical-mechanical model, in which two degrees of freedom with different time scales separated from each other touch their own heat bath. A general condition for finding anomalous negative latent heat recently discovered is derived from a thermodynamic argument. As a specific example, the phase diagram of a spin-lattice-gas model is studied based on a mean-field analysis with the replica method. While configurational variables are spin and particle in this model, it is found that the negative latent heat appears in a parameter region of the model, irrespective of the order of their time scale. Qualitative differences in the phase diagram are also discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't