Active-absorbing phase transition and small-world behaviour in Ising model on finite addition type networks in two dimensions

Abstract

Abstract We consider the ordering dynamics of the Ising model on a square lattice where an additional fixed number of bonds connect any two sites chosen randomly from a total of $N$ lattice sites. The total number of shortcuts added is controlled by two parameters $p$ and $\alpha$ for fixed $N$. The structural properties of the network are investigated which show that the small-world behaviour is obtained along the line $\alpha=\frac{\ln (N/2p)}{\ln N}$, which separates regions with ultra-small world like behaviour and short-ranged lattice like behaviour. We obtain a rich phase diagram in the $p-\alpha$ plane showing the existence of different types of active and absorbing states to which the Ising model evolves to and their boundaries.