More inequalities for critical exponents

A variety of rigorous inequalities for critical exponents is proved. Most notable is the low-temperature Josephson inequalitydv +2 2–. Others are 1 1 +v, 1 1 , 1,d 1 + 1/ (for d),dv, ₃ + (for d), ₄ , and _{2m 2m+2} (form 2). The hypotheses vary; all inequalities are true for the spin-1/2 Ising model with nearest-neighbor ferromagnetic pair interactions.NSF Predoctoral Fellow (1976–1979). Research supported in part by NSF Grant PHY 78-23952.     

Critical exponents for the self-avoiding random walk in three dimensions

We compute by direct Monte Carlo simulation the main critical exponents, , ₄, andv and the effective coordination number for the self-avoiding random walk in three dimensions on a cubic lattice. We find both hyperscaling relationsdv=2– anddv– 2 ₄+=0 satisfied ind = 3.     

Another critical exponent inequality for percolation: β⩾2/δ

The inequality in the title is derived for standard site percolation in any dimension, assuming only that the percolation density vanishes at the critical point. The proof, based on a lattice animal expansion, is fairly simple and is applicable to rather general (site or bond, short-or long-range) independent percolation models.     

Scaling of fluctuations and critical exponents

We present a new technique to describe the abnormal behavior of certain fluctuation observables in the critical regime of quantum statistical systems which undergo a phase transition. The idea is to rescale the local fluctuation operators by a relevant external parameter of the system, in addition to the usual scaling with the inverse square root of the volume. The scaling indices used in this scaling procedure are directly related to the critical exponents. Furthermore, it is explained that this new method of scaling preserves the CCR structure of the algebra of macroscopic fluctuations. Finally, scaling indices are computed for the relevant microscopic observables at all temperatures in a mean field approximation for a quantum anharmonic crystal. These indices yield the same critical exponents as predicted by mean field theory.     

Quantum critical Hall exponents

We investigate a finite size “double scaling” hypothesis using data from an experiment on a quantum Hall system with short range disorder ,  and . For Hall bars of width w at temperature T   the scaling form is w^−μT^−κ$w^{-\mu }{T}^{-\kappa }$, where the critical exponent μ≈0.23$\mu \approx 0.23$ we extract from the data is comparable to the multi-fractal exponent _α0−2${\alpha }_0-2$ obtained from the Chalker–Coddington (CC) model [4]. We also use the data to find the approximate location (in the resistivity plane) of seven quantum critical points, all of which closely agree with the predictions derived long ago from the modular symmetry of a toroidal σ-model with m matter fields [5]. The value _ν8=2.60513…${\nu }_8=2.60513\dots$ of the localisation exponent obtained from the m=8$m=8$ model is in excellent agreement with the best available numerical value _νnum=2.607±0.004${\nu }_{\mathrm{num}}=2.607\pm 0.004$ derived from the CC-model [6]. Existing experimental data appear to favour the m=9$m=9$ model, suggesting that the quantum Hall system is not in the same universality class as the CC-model. We discuss the reason this may not be the case, and propose experimental tests to distinguish between the two possibilities.     

Computation of critical exponents for two-dimensional ising model on a cellular automaton

Static critical exponents for the two-dimensional Ising model are computed on a cellular automaton. The analysis of the data within the framework of the finite-size scaling theory reproduces their well-established values.     

基于高温超导双晶结的约瑟夫森效应观测实验

基于YBa2Cu3O7-δ高温超导双晶结,组建了约瑟夫森效应测试装置.利用此装置观察了直流和交流约瑟夫森效应,并测量了约瑟夫森结的临界电流和夏皮罗台阶.     

Strict inequalities for some critical exponents in two-dimensional percolation

For 2D percolation we slightly improve a result of Chayes and Chayes to the effect that the critical exponent for the percolation probability isstrictly less than 1. The same argument is applied to prove that ifL():={(x, y):x=r cos, y=r sin for some r0, or} and():=limpp _c [log(p–p _c )]^–1 log P_cr {itO is connected to by an occupied path inL()}, then() is strictly decreasing in on [0, 2]. Similarly, lim_n [–logn]^–1 logP _cr {itO is connected by an occupied path inL()() to the exterior of [–n, n]×[–n, n] is strictly decreasing in on [0, 2].     

The GHS inequality for a large external field

We consider general even ferromagnetic systems with pair interactions in a nonnegative external magnetic fieldh. Classes of single-site measures are found such that the GHS inequality is valid for allh h, whereh 0 is a number depending on but independent of the size of the system. These measures include both absolutely continuous and discrete measures. For =a ₀+{(1–a)/2} · ( ₁ + _–1), somea [0, 1),h is determined exactly.Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow. Research supported in part by National Science Foundation grant No. MCS 80-02149.Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow. Research supported in part by National Science Foundation grant No. MCS 77-20683 and by the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation.     

Absence of critical exponents in ferroelectrics: experiments of Hilczer and theory of Levanyuk and Sigov

The pioneering breakthrough of Bozena Hilczer and her coworkers showed that the so-called critical phenomena in many ferroelectric crystals are entirely produced by defects. She studied gadolinium aluminum sulphate hexahydrate (GASH), lithium ammonium sulphate, lithium hydrazinium sulphate, PZT, barium titanate, and especially TGS, via neutron irradiation, X-ray irradiation, and e-beam electron irradiation, which showed that the divergences in specific heat or dielectric constant near the Curie temperature T_c are not caused by ‘critical’ fluctuations but by static defects, which can be annealed out and subsequently reproduced by irradiation. This work is rarely cited (modern physicists often feel that literature searches are optional), leading to frequent rediscovery and generally spurious claims of true ‘critical’ phenomena near T_c.     

Ising-type critical exponents of the fully frustrated spin-1/2 Heisenberg FM/AF square bilayer at a critical magnetic field

The fully frustrated spin-1/2 Heisenberg FM/AF square bilayer in a magnetic field with the ferromagnetic inter-dimer interaction and the antiferromagnetic intra-dimer interaction is explored by the use of localized many-magnon approach, which allows to connect the original purely quantum Heisenberg spin model on a square bilayer with the effective ferromagnetic Ising model on a simple square lattice. Magnetization and specific heat are investigated exactly at a field-driven phase transition from the singlet-dimer phase towards the fully saturated ferromagnetic phase, which changes from a discontinuous phase transition to a continuous one at a certain critical temperature. The mapping correspondence between the spin-1/2 Heisenberg FM/AF square bilayer and the ferromagnetic Ising square lattice suggests for this special critical point of the spin-1/2 Heisenberg FM/AF square bilayer critical exponents from the standard two-dimensional Ising universality class.     

An On-Line Library of Extended High-Temperature Expansions of Basic Observables for the Spin-S Ising Models on Two- and Three-Dimensional Lattices

We present an on-line library of unprecedented extension for high-temperature expansions of basic observables in the Ising models of general spin S, with nearest-neighbor interactions. We have tabulated through order ²⁵ the series for the nearest-neighbor correlation function, the susceptibility and the second correlation moment in two dimensions on the square lattice, and, in three dimensions, on the simple-cubic and the body-centered cubic lattices. The expansion of the second field derivative of the susceptibility is also tabulated through ²³ for the same lattices. We have thus added several terms (from four up to thirteen) to the series already published for spin S = 1/2, 1, 3/2, 2, 5/2, 3, 7/2, 4, 5, .     

Tree graph inequalities and critical behavior in percolation models

Various inequalities are derived and used for the study of the critical behavior in independent percolation models. In particular, we consider the critical exponent associated with the expected cluster sizex and the structure of then-site connection probabilities =_n(x₁,..., x_n). It is shown that quite generally 1. The upper critical dimension, above which attains the Bethe lattice value 1, is characterized both in terms of the geometry of incipient clusters and a diagramatic convergence condition. For homogeneousd-dimensional lattices with (x, y)=O(¦x -y¦^–(d–2+), atp=p _c, our criterion shows that =1 if > (6-d)/3. The connectivity functions _n are generally bounded by tree diagrams which involve the two-point function. We conjecture that above the critical dimension the asymptotic behavior of _n, in the critical regime, is actually given by such tree diagrams modified by a nonsingular vertex factor. Other results deal with the exponential decay of the cluster-size distribution and the function ₂ (x, y). A. P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow. Research supported in part by the National Science Foundation Grant No. PHY-8301493.Research supported in part by the National Science Foundation Grant No. MCS80-19384.     

Rigorous bounds of the Lyapunov exponents of the one-dimensional random Ising model

We find analytic upper and lower bounds of the Lyapunov exponents of the product of random matrices related to the one-dimensional disordered Ising model, using a deterministic map which transforms the original system into a new one with smaller average couplings and magnetic fields. The iteration of the map gives bounds which estimate the Lyapunov exponents with increasing accuracy. We prove, in fact, that both the upper and the lower bounds converge to the Lyapunov exponents in the limit of infinite iterations of the map. A formal expression of the Lyapunov exponents is thus obtained in terms of the limit of a sequence. Our results allow us to introduce a new numerical procedure for the computation of the Lyapunov exponents which has a precision higher than Monte Carlo simulations.     

Evaluation of critical exponents from raman intensities

Theory and experiment are compared for Raman intensities near continuous structural phase transitions. Situations in which the order parameter couples linearly to light or quadratically are considered. Both cases are easily analyzed for the soft modes in ferroelastic LnP₅O₁₄ (Ln = La, Pr, Nd, Tb). The trace polarizability tensor yields β = 0.49 ± 0.02; off-diagonal terms give γ’ = 1.16 ± 0.15 and γ = 1.07 ± 0.10. Mean field results are also obtained for barium sodium niobate near T (incommensurate) = 582 K and for tris-sarcosine calcium chloride near T _c = 128 K.     

Correlation length and its critical exponent for percolation processes

Some critical exponent inequalities are given involving the correlation length of site percolation processes on ^d. In particular, it is shown thatv2/d, which implies that the critical exponentv cannot take its mean-field value for the three-dimensional percolation processes.     

Investigating the nonequilibrium aspects of long-range Potts model: Refinement of critical temperatures and raw exponents

In this work, we analyze the q-state Potts model with long-range interactions through nonequilibrium scaling relations commonly used when studying short-range systems. We determine the critical temperature via an optimization method for short-time Monte Carlo simulations. The study takes into consideration two different boundary conditions and three different values of range parameters of the couplings. We also present estimates of some critical exponents, named as raw exponents for systems with long-range interactions, which confirm the non-universal character of the model. Finally, we provide some preliminary results addressing the relations between the raw exponents and the exponents obtained for systems with short-range interactions. The results assert that the methods employed in this work are suitable to study the considered model and can easily be adapted to other systems with long-range interactions.     

Hyperscaling Inequalities for the Contact Process and Oriented Percolation

The contact process and oriented percolation are expected to exhibit the same critical behavior in any dimension. Above their upper critical dimension d _c, they exhibit the same critical behavior as the branching process. Assuming existence of the critical exponents, we prove a pair of hyperscaling inequalities which, together with the results of refs. 16 and 18, implies d _c=4.     

The Gaussian inequality for multicomponent rotators

The Gaussian inequality is proven for multicomponent rotators with negative correlations between two spin components. In the case of one-component systems, the Gaussian inequality is shown to be a consequence of Lebowitz' inequality. For multicomponent models, the Gaussian inequality implies that the decay rate of the truncated correlation (or Schwinger) functions is dominated by that of the two-point function. Applied to field theory, these inequalities give information on the absence of bound states in the (₁ ² + _{1 2})² model.     

On the critical exponent for random walk intersections

The exponent _d for the probability of nonintersection of two random walks starting at the same point is considered. It is proved that 1/2<₂3/4. Monte Carlo simulations are done to suggest ₂=0.61 and ₃0.29.