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most citedRandom-length Random Walks and Finite-size scaling in high dimensions

32 citations · 164 across the 20 of their papers we have counts for

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20 papers

cond-mat.stat-mech2026

Percolation in the three-dimensional Ising model

Jinhong Zhu, Tao Chen, Zhiyi Li +2

Geometric representations provide a useful perspective on critical phenomena in the Ising model. In a recent study [Phys. Rev. E 112, 034118 (2025)], we found that the two-dimensio…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025★ 1 cited

Percolation in the two-dimensional Ising model

Tao Chen, Jinhong Zhu, Wei Zhong +2

The study of the Ising model from a percolation perspective has played a significant role in the modern theory of critical phenomena. We consider the celebrated square-lattice Isin…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025★ 1 cited

Universality of the complete-graph Potts model with

Zirui Peng, Sheng Fang, Hao Hu +1

Universality is a fundamental concept in modern physics. For the -state Potts model, the critical exponents are merely determined by the order-parameter symmetry , spatial…

physics.optics2024★ 2 cited

Spatial Optical Simulator for Classical Statistical Models

Song-Tao Yu, Ming-Gen He, Sheng Fang +2

Optical simulators for the Ising model have demonstrated great promise for solving challenging problems in physics and beyond. Here, we develop a spatial optical simulator for a va…

cond-mat.stat-mech2024★ 1 cited

Crossover Finite-Size Scaling Theory and Its Applications in Percolation

Ming Li, Sheng Fang, Jingfang Fan +1

Finite-size scaling (FSS) for a critical phase transition () states that within a window of size , the scaling behavior of any observable in a system of…

cond-mat.stat-mech2024

Universal Scaling of Gap Dynamics in Percolation

Sheng Fang, Qing Lin, Jun Meng +4

Percolation is a cornerstone concept in physics, providing crucial insights into critical phenomena and phase transitions. In this study, we adopt a kinetic perspective to reveal t…

cond-mat.stat-mech2024★ 2 cited

Logarithmic Finite-Size Scaling of the Four-Dimensional Ising Model

Zhiyi Li, Tianning Xiao, Zongzheng Zhou +2

Field-theoretical calculations predict that, at the upper critical dimension , the finite-size scaling (FSS) behaviors of the Ising model would be modified by multiplicative…

cond-mat.stat-mech2023★ 3 cited

Finite-Size Scaling of the High-Dimensional Ising Model in the Loop Representation

Tianning Xiao, Zhiyi Li, Zongzheng Zhou +2

Besides its original spin representation, the Ising model is known to have the Fortuin-Kasteleyn (FK) bond and loop representations, of which the former was recently shown to exhib…

cond-mat.stat-mech2023

Interplay of the complete-graph and Gaussian fixed-point asymptotics in finite-size scaling of percolation above the upper critical dimension

Mingzhong Lu, Sheng Fang, Zongzheng Zhou +1

Percolation has two mean-field theories, the Gaussian fixed point (GFP) and the Landau mean-field theory or the complete graph (CG) asymptotics. By large-scale Monte Carlo simulati…

cond-mat.stat-mech2023★ 5 cited

Geometric properties of the complete-graph Ising model in the loop representation

Zhiyi Li, ZongZheng Zhou, Sheng Fang +1

The exact solution of the Ising model on the complete graph (CG) provides an important, though mean-field, insight for the theory of continuous phase transitions. Besides the origi…

cond-mat.stat-mech2022★ 14 cited

Geometric scaling behaviors of the Fortuin-Kasteleyn Ising model in high dimensions

Sheng Fang, Zongzheng Zhou, Youjin Deng

Recently, we argued [Chin. Phys. Lett. , 080502 (2022)] that the Ising model simultaneously exhibits two upper critical dimensions in the Fortuin-Kasteleyn (FK…

cond-mat.stat-mech2022★ 23 cited

Monte Carlo study of duality and the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transitions of the two-dimensional -state clock model in flow representations

Hao Chen, Pengcheng Hou, Sheng Fang +1

The two-dimensional -state clock model for undergoes two Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) phase transitions as temperature decreases. Here we report an extensive…

cond-mat.stat-mech2021★ 9 cited

Backbone and shortest-path exponents of the two-dimensional -state Potts model

Sheng Fang, Da Ke, Wei Zhong +1

We present a Monte Carlo study of the backbone and the shortest-path exponents of the two-dimensional -state Potts model in the Fortuin-Kasteleyn bond representation. We first u…

cond-mat.stat-mech2021★ 9 cited

Logarithmic finite-size scaling of the self-avoiding walk at four dimensions

Sheng Fang, Youjin Deng, Zongzheng Zhou

The -vector spin model, which includes the self-avoiding walk (SAW) as a special case for the limit, has an upper critical dimensionality at four spatial dime…

cond-mat.soft2021★ 5 cited

Two-scale scenario of rigidity percolation of sticky particles

Yuchuan Wang, Sheng Fang, Ning Xu +1

In the presence of attraction, the jamming transition of packings of frictionless particles corresponds to the rigidity percolation. When the range of attraction is long, the distr…

cond-mat.stat-mech2020★ 8 cited

Percolation effects in the Fortuin-Kasteleyn Ising model on the complete graph

Sheng Fang, Zongzheng Zhou, Youjin Deng

The Fortuin-Kasteleyn (FK) random cluster model, which can be exactly mapped from the -state Potts spin model, is a correlated bond percolation model. By extensive Monte Carlo s…

cond-mat.stat-mech2020★ 12 cited

Critical exponents and universal excess cluster number of percolation in four and five dimensions

Zhongjin Zhang, Pengcheng Hou, Sheng Fang +2

We study critical bond percolation on periodic four-dimensional (4D) and five-dimensional (5D) hypercubes by Monte Carlo simulations. By classifying the occupied bonds into branche…

cond-mat.stat-mech2019★ 15 cited

Complete graph and Gaussian fixed point asymptotics in the five-dimensional Fortuin-Kasteleyn Ising model with periodic boundaries

Sheng Fang, Jens Grimm, Zongzheng Zhou +1

We present an extensive Markov-chain Monte Carlo study of the finite-size scaling behavior of the Fortuin-Kasteleyn Ising model on five-dimensional hypercubic lattices with periodi…

cond-mat.stat-mech2018★ 22 cited

Geometric properties of the Fortuin-Kasteleyn representation of the Ising model

Pengcheng Hou, Sheng Fang, Junfeng Wang +2

We present a Monte Carlo study of the Fortuin-Kasteleyn (FK) clusters of the Ising model on the square (2D) and simple-cubic (3D) lattices. The wrapping probability, a dimensionles…

cond-mat.stat-mech2018★ 32 cited

Random-length Random Walks and Finite-size scaling in high dimensions

Zongzheng Zhou, Jens Grimm, Sheng Fang +2

We address a long-standing debate regarding the finite-size scaling of the Ising model in high dimensions, by introducing a random-length random walk model, which we then study rig…