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The spherical model on graphs

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, , Citation Davide Cassi and Linda Fabbian 1999 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 32 L93 DOI 10.1088/0305-4470/32/8/001

0305-4470/32/8/L93

Abstract

We extend the lattice spherical model of Berlin and Kac to infinite graphs (describing inhomogeneous structures such as fractals, polymers and amorphous materials). We analytically calculate the exact values of the critical exponents, which turn out to depend only on the vibrational spectral dimension of the graph. This functional dependence coincides with the analytic continuation in d of the corresponding exponents for the lattice model. This result provides an example of geometrical universality classes for non-translationally invariant systems and strongly suggests considering as the natural generalization of the Euclidean dimension d for critical phenomena.

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