EPJ B Topical Issue: 100 Glorious Years of the Ising Model
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- Published on 12 September 2024
Guest Editors: Muktish Acharyya, Yurij Holovatch, Ferenc Iglói
Submissions are invited for a Topical Issue of EPJ B on 100 Glorious Years of the Ising Model.
The Ising model was initially proposed by Wilhelm Lenz to Ernst Ising mainly to explain ferromagnetism. Ernst Ising solved the one-dimensional problem in his Doctoral thesis in 1924 and published in 1925, showing the absence of ferromagnetism. Lars Onsager found the exact solution of the two-dimensional model in 1944 showing the presence of spontaneous ferromagnetic order and ferromagnetic phase transition. Since then, the simplest discrete symmetric model (Ising model) for ferromagnets started to draw attention among researchers. Theoretical statistical physicists started to realize that this was not merely a model for ferromagnets, but that the Ising model could grasp many essential features of quantum tunneling effects in presence of a transverse field. The quantum phases of the transverse Ising model play an important role in modern research as well as the nonequilibrium phase transition with the kinetic Ising model. Later, this simple Ising model has been widely applied to study many complex phenomena beyond physics, like the dynamics of opinion formation and consensus. The importance of the Ising model has been demonstrated times and times again over the last 100 years. The aim of this focused issue is to collect original research articles, mini-reviews and pedagogical introductions that report recent advances related to the Ising model, its applications and its importance to modern physics.
The aim of this focused issue is to collect original research articles, mini-reviews and pedagogical introductions that report recent advances related to the Ising model, it’s applications and its importance to modern physics.
Topics to be covered include but are not limited to:
- Classical Ising systems, phase transitions, frustration and spin glasses
- Quantum Ising systems in and out-of equilibrium
- Kinetic Ising model and relaxation phenomena
- Interdisciplinary applications of the Ising model
Original research papers, mini-reviews, and pedagogical introductions focusing on the latest experimental, theoretical or computational advancements related to Ising model are welcome. We invite contributors to communicate their intention to submit manuscripts for this Topical Issue to the Guest Editors as soon as possible. Please provide the tentative title of the paper and a short abstract. The full manuscripts should be submitted before the deadline directly to the EPJ B Editorial Office at https://www.editorialmanager.com/epjb/.
Submissions should be clearly identified as intended for the Topical Issue on ‘100 Glorious Years of the Ising Model ’. Papers will be published continuously and will appear as soon as accepted on the journal website. The electronic version of the Topical Issue will contain all accepted papers in the order of publication. All submitted papers will be refereed according to the usual high standards of the journal. More information about EPJ B, including instructions for authors is available here.
Deadline for submission: August 15, 2025
Guest Editors :
Muktish Acharyya, Department of Physics, Presidency University, Kolkata, India This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Yurij Holovatch, Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Ferenc Iglói, Wigner Research Centre, Budapest, Hungary This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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