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@ARTICLE{DiCairano:908123,
author = {Di Cairano, Loris},
title = {{T}he geometric theory of phase transitions},
journal = {Journal of physics / A},
volume = {55},
number = {27},
issn = {0022-3689},
address = {Bristol},
publisher = {IOP Publ.},
reportid = {FZJ-2022-02387},
pages = {27LT01 -},
year = {2022},
abstract = {We develop a geometric theory of phase transitions (PTs)
for Hamiltonian systems in the microcanonical ensemble. Such
a theory allows to rephrase the Bachmann's classification of
PTs for finite-size systems in terms of geometric properties
of the energy level sets (ELSs) associated to the
Hamiltonian function. Specifically, by defining the
microcanonical entropy as the logarithm of the ELS's volume
equipped with a suitable metric tensor, we obtain an exact
equivalence between thermodynamics and geometry. In fact, we
show that any energy-derivative of the entropy can be
associated to a specific combination of geometric curvature
structures of the ELSs which, in turn, are well-precise
combinations of the potential function derivatives. In so
doing, we establish a direct connection between the
microscopic description provided by the Hamiltonian and the
collective behavior which emerges in a PT. Finally, we also
analyze the behavior of the ELSs' geometry in the
thermodynamic limit showing that nonanalyticities of the
energy-derivatives of the entropy are caused by
nonanalyticities of certain geometric properties of the ELSs
around the transition point. We validate the theory studying
PTs that occur in the ϕ4 and Ginzburg–Landau-like
models.},
cin = {IAS-5 / INM-9},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IAS-5-20120330 / I:(DE-Juel1)INM-9-20140121},
pnm = {899 - ohne Topic (POF4-899)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-899},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000811480600001},
doi = {10.1088/1751-8121/ac717d},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/908123},
}