scholarly journals Corner transfer matrices of the Ising model in statistical mechanics

1979 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 473-474
Author(s):  
Shiu Kuen Tsang
Keyword(s):  
Ising Model ◽  
Statistical Mechanics ◽  
Transfer Matrices ◽  
Corner Transfer Matrices

CONFORMAL PROPERTIES OF CRITICAL ISING MODEL CORNER TRANSFER MATRICES

1990 ◽  
Vol 04 (05) ◽  
pp. 907-912
Author(s):  
Brian DAVIES ◽  
Paul A. PEARCE
Keyword(s):  
Ising Model ◽  
Central Charge ◽  
Finite Size ◽  
Summation Formula ◽  
Transfer Matrices ◽  
Corner Transfer Matrices ◽  
Free Boundary Conditions ◽  
Large N ◽  
Fermion Algebra ◽  
Virasoro Characters

The scaling spectra of finite-size Ising model corner transfer matrices (CTMs) are studied at criticality, using the fermion algebra. The low-lying eigenvalues collapse like 1/ log N for large N as predicted by conformal invariance. The shift in the largest eigenvalue is evaluated analytically using a generalized Euler-Maclaurin summation formula giving πc/6 log N with central charge c=1/2. The spectrum generating functions, for both fixed and free boundary conditions, are expressed simply in terms of the c=1/2 Virasoro characters χ∆(q) with modular parameter q= exp (−π/ log N) and conformal dimensions ∆=0, 1/2, 1/16.

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