A nonequilibrium system on a restricted scale-free network

Abstract

The nonequilibrium Ising model on a restricted scale-free network has been studied with one- and two-spin flip competing dynamics employing Monte Carlo simulations. The dynamics present in the system can be defined by the probability $q$ in which the one-spin flip process simulate the contact with a heat bath at a given temperature $T$, and with a probability ($1-q$) the two-spin flip process mimics the system subjected to an external flux of energy into it. The system network is described by a power-law degree distribution in the form $P(k)\sim k^{-\alpha}$, and the restriction is made by fixing the maximum, $k_{m}$, and minimum, $k_{0}$, degree on distribution for the whole network size. This restriction keeps finite the second and fourth moment of degree distribution, allowing us to obtain a finite critical point for any value of $\alpha$. For these critical points, we have calculated the thermodynamic quantities of the system, such as, the total ${m}_{N}^{F}$ and staggered ${m}_{N}^{AF}$ magnetizations per spin, susceptibility $\chi_{N}$, and reduced fourth-order Binder cumulant ${U}_{N}$, for several values of lattice size $N$ and exponent $1\le\alpha\le5$. Therefore, the phase diagram was built and a self-organization phenomena is observed from the transitions between antiferromagnetic AF to paramagnetic P, and P to ferromagnetic F phases. Using the finite-size scaling theory, we also obtained the critical exponents for the system, and a mean-field critical behavior is observed, exhibiting the same universality class of the system on the equilibrium and out of it.