The Ising model remains a cornerstone in the study of statistical mechanics, providing a simple yet profound framework for understanding cooperative phenomena and criticality in physical systems. By ...

The analysis of Ising models continues to provide deep insights into the phenomena of phase transitions and critical behaviour in statistical mechanics. In particular, the study of finite-size scaling ...

Statistical mechanics is one of the pillars of modern physics. Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906) and Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839-1903) were its primary formulators. They both worked to establish a bridge ...

Paul D. Beale and R. K. Pathria have published the third edition “Statistical Mechanics.” The classic graduate-level textbook has been a leader in the field since Pathria published the first edition ...

The central selling point of qubit-based quantum processors is that they can supposedly solve certain types of tasks much faster than a classical computer. This comes however with the major ...

John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton received the Nobel Prize in physics on Oct. 8, 2024, for their research on machine learning algorithms and neural networks that help computers learn. Their work ...