scholarly journals Higher correlations, universal distributions, and finite size scaling in the field theory of depinning

2003 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Le Doussal ◽  
Kay Jörg Wiese
1998 ◽  
Vol 09 (07) ◽  
pp. 1073-1105 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. S. Chen ◽  
V. Dohm

We present a perturbative calculation of finite-size effects near Tc of the φ4 lattice model in a d-dimensional cubic geometry of size L with periodic boundary conditions for d>4. The structural differences between the φ4 lattice theory and the φ4 field theory found previously in the spherical limit are shown to exist also for a finite number of components of the order parameter. The two-variable finite-size scaling functions of the field theory are nonuniversal whereas those of the lattice theory are independent of the nonuniversal model parameters. One-loop results for finite-size scaling functions are derived. Their structure disagrees with the single-variable scaling form of the lowest-mode approximation for any finite ξ/L where ξ is the bulk correlation length. At Tc, the large-L behavior becomes lowest-mode like for the lattice model but not for the field-theoretic model. Characteristic temperatures close to Tc of the lattice model, such as T max (L) of the maximum of the susceptibility χ, are found to scale asymptotically as Tc-T max (L) ~L-d/2, in agreement with previous Monte Carlo (MC) data for the five-dimensional Ising model. We also predict χ max ~Ld/2 asymptotically. On a quantitative level, the asymptotic amplitudes of this large-L behavior close to Tc have not been observed in previous MC simulations at d=5 because of nonnegligible finite-size terms ~L(4-d)/2 caused by the inhomogeneous modes. These terms identify the possible origin of a significant discrepancy between the lowest-mode approximation and previous MC data. MC data of larger systems would be desirable for testing the magnitude of the L(4-d)/2 and L4-d terms predicted by our theory.


Author(s):  
Jean Zinn-Justin

Computer simulations of critical statistical systems or quantum field theory models are performed with systems where sizes are finite. In transfer matrix calculations, all sizes but one are also finite. In systems where the correlation length is large, it is thus important to understand how the infinite size limit is reached. This problem is investigated in Chapter 19. RG equations allow proving the properties of universality and of finite size scaling. When the correlation length is larger than the linear system size, a phenomenon of dimensional reduction is observed. With periodic boundary conditions, fields have a zero mode. A local expansion generates an effective field theory for the zero mode.


1986 ◽  
Vol 44 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 749-784 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Milchev ◽  
D. W. Heermann ◽  
K. Binder

1980 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. L169-L174 ◽  
Author(s):  
C J Hamer ◽  
M N Barber

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (27) ◽  
pp. 4793-4797
Author(s):  
TOMASZ WYDRO ◽  
JOHN F. McCABE

This paper studies the Yang–Lee singularity of the 2-dimensional Ising model on the cylinder via transfer matrix and finite-size scaling techniques. These techniques enable a measurement of the 2-point and 3-point correlations and a comparison of a measurement of a corresponding universal amplitude with a prediction for the amplitude from the (A4, A1) minimal conformal field theory.


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