scholarly journals Universal Scaling Behavior of Directed Percolation Around the Upper Critical Dimension

2004 ◽  
Vol 115 (5/6) ◽  
pp. 1231-1250 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Lübeck ◽  
R. D. Willmann
Keyword(s):  
Critical Dimension ◽  
Scaling Behavior ◽  
Directed Percolation ◽  
Upper Critical Dimension ◽  
Universal Scaling

scholarly journals DIRECTED PERCOLATION AND OTHER SYSTEMS WITH ABSORBING STATES: IMPACT OF BOUNDARIES

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 1761-1797 ◽  
Author(s):  
PER FRÖJDH ◽  
MARTIN HOWARD ◽  
KENT BÆKGAARD LAURITSEN
Keyword(s):  
Critical Behavior ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Critical Dimension ◽  
Scaling Theory ◽  
Directed Percolation ◽  
Upper Critical Dimension ◽  
Duality Symmetry ◽  
Universality Classes ◽  
Absorbing States ◽  
The Impact

We review the critical behavior of nonequilibrium systems, such as directed percolation (DP) and branching-annihilating random walks (BARW), which possess phase transitions into absorbing states. After reviewing the bulk scaling behavior of these models, we devote the main part of this review to analyzing the impact of walls on their critical behavior. We discuss the possible boundary universality classes for the DP and BARW models, which can be described by a general scaling theory which allows for two independent surface exponents in addition to the bulk critical exponents. Above the upper critical dimension d c , we review the use of mean field theories, whereas in the regime d<d c , where fluctuations are important, we examine the application of field theoretic methods. Of particular interest is the situation in d=1, which has been extensively investigated using numerical simulations and series expansions. Although DP and BARW fit into the same scaling theory, they can still show very different surface behavior: for DP some exponents are degenerate, a property not shared with the BARW model. Moreover, a "hidden" duality symmetry of BARW in d=1 is broken by the boundary and this relates exponents and boundary conditions in an intricate way.

scholarly journals Topological excitations in statistical field theory at the upper critical dimension

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Panero ◽  
Antonio Smecca
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Monte Carlo Study ◽  
Critical Dimension ◽  
Density Profiles ◽  
Upper Critical Dimension ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Topological Excitations ◽  
Classical Heisenberg Model ◽  
Statistical Field ◽  
Statistical Field Theory

Abstract We present a high-precision Monte Carlo study of the classical Heisenberg model in four dimensions. We investigate the properties of monopole-like topological excitations that are enforced in the broken-symmetry phase by imposing suitable boundary conditions. We show that the corresponding magnetization and energy-density profiles are accurately predicted by previous analytical calculations derived in quantum field theory, while the scaling of the low-energy parameters of this description questions an interpretation in terms of particle excitations. We discuss the relevance of these findings and their possible experimental applications in condensed-matter physics.

scholarly journals Power-law bounds for critical long-range percolation below the upper-critical dimension

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Hutchcroft
Keyword(s):  
Long Range ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Maximum Size ◽  
Finite Graph ◽  
Critical Dimension ◽  
Point Function ◽  
Upper Critical Dimension ◽  
Infinite Cluster

AbstractWe study long-range Bernoulli percolation on $${\mathbb {Z}}^d$$ Z d in which each two vertices x and y are connected by an edge with probability $$1-\exp (-\beta \Vert x-y\Vert ^{-d-\alpha })$$ 1 - exp ( - β ‖ x - y ‖ - d - α ) . It is a theorem of Noam Berger (Commun. Math. Phys., 2002) that if $$0<\alpha <d$$ 0 < α < d then there is no infinite cluster at the critical parameter $$\beta _c$$ β c . We give a new, quantitative proof of this theorem establishing the power-law upper bound $$\begin{aligned} {\mathbf {P}}_{\beta _c}\bigl (|K|\ge n\bigr ) \le C n^{-(d-\alpha )/(2d+\alpha )} \end{aligned}$$ P β c ( | K | ≥ n ) ≤ C n - ( d - α ) / ( 2 d + α ) for every $$n\ge 1$$ n ≥ 1 , where K is the cluster of the origin. We believe that this is the first rigorous power-law upper bound for a Bernoulli percolation model that is neither planar nor expected to exhibit mean-field critical behaviour. As part of the proof, we establish a universal inequality implying that the maximum size of a cluster in percolation on any finite graph is of the same order as its mean with high probability. We apply this inequality to derive a new rigorous hyperscaling inequality $$(2-\eta )(\delta +1)\le d(\delta -1)$$ ( 2 - η ) ( δ + 1 ) ≤ d ( δ - 1 ) relating the cluster-volume exponent $$\delta $$ δ and two-point function exponent $$\eta $$ η .

Chaotic spin glasses: An upper critical dimension (invited)

1984 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 1646-1648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan R. McKay ◽  
A. Nihat Berker
Keyword(s):  
Spin Glasses ◽  
Critical Dimension ◽  
Upper Critical Dimension
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