Spectral properties of statistical mechanics models

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The full spectrum of transfer matrices of the general eight-vertex model on a square lattice is obtained by numerical diagonalization. The eigenvalue spacing distribution and the spectral rigidity are analysed. In non-integrable regimes we have found eigenvalue repulsion as for the Gaussian orthogonal ensemble in random matrix theory. By contrast, in integrable regimes we have found eigenvalue independence leading to a Poissonian behaviour, and, for some points, level clustering. These first examples from classical statistical mechanics suggest that the conjecture of integrability successfully applied to quantum spin systems also holds for classical systems.
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