Fig. 19

Anti-cooperativity signatures for even and odd lattices for different system sizes: Parametric plots of the standard deviation of the relative occupancy, \(\sigma\), versus the mean occupancy, \(\langle \varphi \rangle\), for increasing values of the system size L. In each plot, the values of the dimensionless interaction potential J span from \(-10\) to 10. The signature differences between L even and odd, visible for negative values of the interaction potential J, which are due to particle-hole defects in the case of odd L compared to the case of even L, diminish as the system size increases.