Application of the Variational Autoencoder to Detect the Critical Points of the Anisotropic Ising Model

Abstract

We generalize the previous study on the application of variational autoencoders to the two-dimensional Ising model to a system with anisotropy. Due to the self-duality property of the system, the critical points can be located exactly for the entire range of anisotropic coupling. This presents an excellent testbed for the validity of using a variational autoencoder to characterize an anisotropic classical model. We reproduce the phase diagram for a wide range of anisotropic couplings and temperatures via a variational autoencoder without the explicit construction of an order parameter. Considering that the partition function of $(d+1)$-dimensional anisotropic models can be mapped to that of the $d$-dimensional quantum spin models, the present study provides numerical evidence that a variational autoencoder can be applied to analyze quantum systems via Quantum Monte Carlo.

11 pages, 5 figures

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