Information-Geometric Signatures from Nonextensivity in the 1-D Blume-Capel Model
Abstract
We study the thermodynamic geometry of the one-dimensional Blume--Capel model within the Tsallis nonextensive framework to understand how generalized statistics modify correlation structure and pseudo-critical behaviour. Using the transfer matrix method, we construct the Tsallis entropy based thermodynamic metric as its negative Hessian on the parameter space (β, J), with the crystal-field anisotropy D as a control parameter, and compute the associated scalar curvature R(T) as a measure of correlations. Although no true phase transition occurs in one dimension, R(T) exhibits finite peaks signaling pseudo-critical crossovers. We analyze both D < J and D > J regimes and show that deviations from the Boltzmann--Gibbs limit (q=1) systematically deform the curvature profile: for q>1 the peak shifts and correlations persist beyond the crossover, whereas for q<1 the peak is weakened or suppressed. Our results demonstrate that the Tsallis parameter q geometrically reshapes the entropy surface, providing a clear information-geometric interpretation of nonextensive effects in spin-1 systems.
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