Finite size induces crossover temperature in growing spin chains

TL;DR

This paper studies a growing spin chain model showing a finite-size-induced crossover temperature where magnetization peaks, revealing an interplay between thermal fluctuations and initial conditions, with implications for modeling emotional discussions.

Contribution

It introduces a novel growing spin chain model with asymmetrical interactions and analyzes the finite-size effects on crossover temperature using simulations and Markov chain theory.

Findings

Crossover temperature decays with system size, approximately as the inverse Lambert function.

Non-monotonous magnetization dependence on temperature in finite systems.

The phenomenon persists even when spins are thermalized after attachment.

Abstract

We introduce a growing one-dimensional quenched spin model that bases on asymmetrical one-side Ising interactions in the presence of external field. Numerical simulations and analytical calculations based on Markov chain theory show that when the external field is smaller than the exchange coupling constant $J$ there is a non-monotonous dependence of the mean magnetization on the temperature in a finite system. The crossover temperature $T_c$ corresponding to the maximal magnetization decays with system size, approximately as the inverse of the W Lambert function. The observed phenomenon can be understood as an interplay between the thermal fluctuations and the presence of the first cluster determined by initial conditions. The effect exists also when spins are not quenched but fully thermalized after the attachment to the chain. We conceive the model is suitable for a qualitative description of online emotional discussions arranged in a chronological order, where a spin in every node conveys emotional valence of a subsequent post.