CRITICAL SCALING THEORY OF GENERALIZED PHASE TRANSITION AND ITS UNIVERSALITY

Generalized phase transition (GPT) refers to the transition process of material systems from one steady-state to another. It includes equilibrium phase transition (EPT) and nonequilibrium phase transition (NPT), and phase transitions intermediate between them. In this paper some results on the study of critical scaling relations of the NPT and EPT are obtained. We developed the critical scaling theory of EPT and advanced a universal critical scaling theory of GPT. The critical scaling relations(scaling laws) has more niversality. The critical exponents calculated from our theory are identical with the results of experiments and other theories about EPT and NPT systems. Because the basic model of the theory does not depend on the concrete material system, it has a certain unversality. Its results thus can be applied to generlized phase transition systems, such as the electrorheological fluid and magnetorheological fluid systems.     

非平衡相变的临界标度理论及普适性

综述了作者近年来在非平衡相变临界（ Ｎ Ｐ Ｃ） 标度理论及普适性研究的进展。主要包括一般 Ｎ Ｐ Ｃ 系统规格化模型,局域序参量的概率分布,广义势的临界渐近形式,空时有关函数及其临界奇异行为。论证了 Ｎ Ｐ Ｃ 系统的临界可标度性,导出了一组普适的 Ｎ Ｐ Ｃ 标度关系,由之计算出的４ 种 Ｎ Ｐ Ｃ 普适类的临界指数与目前已知的实验及理论结果吻合得非常好。此外,还讨论了非平衡相变临界标度理论的普适性,将平衡相变临界标度理论作为一种特殊极限情况含于同一理论体系中。     

非平衡相变的临界标度理论及普适性

综述了作者近年来在非平衡相变临界（ Ｎ Ｐ Ｃ） 标度理论及普适性研究的进展。主要包括一般 Ｎ Ｐ Ｃ 系统规格化模型,局域序参量的概率分布,广义势的临界渐近形式,空时有关函数及其临界奇异行为。论证了 Ｎ Ｐ Ｃ 系统的临界可标度性,导出了一组普适的 Ｎ Ｐ Ｃ 标度关系,由之计算出的４ 种 Ｎ Ｐ Ｃ 普适类的临界指数与目前已知的实验及理论结果吻合得非常好。此外,还讨论了非平衡相变临界标度理论的普适性,将平衡相变临界标度理论作为一种特殊极限情况含于同一理论体系中。     

Transverse alignment of fibers in a periodically sheared suspension: an absorbing phase transition with a slowly varying control parameter

Shearing solutions of fibers or polymers tends to align fiber or polymers in the flow direction. Here, non-Brownian rods subjected to oscillatory shear align perpendicular to the flow while the system undergoes a nonequilibrium absorbing phase transition. The slow alignment of the fibers can drive the system through the critical point and thus promote the transition to an absorbing state. This picture is confirmed by a universal scaling relation that collapses the data with critical exponents that are consistent with conserved directed percolation.     

Universality class of nonequilibrium phase transitions with infinitely many absorbing states

We consider systems whose steady states exhibit a nonequilibrium phase transition from an active state to one-among an infinite number-absorbing state, as some control parameter is varied across a threshold value. The pair contact process, stochastic fixed-energy sandpiles, activated random walks, and many other cellular automata or reaction-diffusion processes are covered by our analysis. We argue that the upper-critical dimension below which anomalous fluctuation driven scaling appears is d(c)=6, in contrast to a widespread belief. We provide the exponents governing the critical behavior close to or at the transition point to first order in an epsilon =6-d expansion.     

Universality of synchrony: critical behavior in a discrete model of stochastic phase-coupled oscillators

We present the simplest discrete model to date that leads to synchronization of stochastic phase-coupled oscillators. In the mean field limit, the model exhibits a Hopf bifurcation and global oscillatory behavior as coupling crosses a critical value. When coupling between units is strictly local, the model undergoes a continuous phase transition which we characterize numerically using finite-size scaling analysis. In particular, the onset of global synchrony is marked by signatures of the XY universality class, including the appropriate classical exponents beta and nu, a lower critical dimension d(lc) = 2, and an upper critical dimension d(uc) = 4.     

Universal Scaling Behavior of Directed Percolation Around the Upper Critical Dimension

In this work we consider the steady state scaling behavior of directed percolation around the upper critical dimension. In particular we determine numerically the order parameter, its fluctuations as well as the susceptibility as a function of the control parameter and the conjugated field. Additionally to the universal scaling functions, several universal amplitude combinations are considered. We compare our results with those of a renormalization group approach.     

Universal scaling in nonequilibrium transport through a single channel Kondo dot

Scaling laws and universality play an important role in our understanding of critical phenomena and the Kondo effect. We present measurements of nonequilibrium transport through a single-channel Kondo quantum dot at low temperature and bias. We find that the low-energy Kondo conductance is consistent with universality between temperature and bias and is characterized by a quadratic scaling exponent, as expected for the spin-1/2 Kondo effect. We show that the nonequilibrium Kondo transport measurements are well described by a universal scaling function with two scaling parameters.     

Tricritical Directed Percolation

We consider a modification of the contact process incorporating higher-order reaction terms. The original contact process exhibits a non-equilibrium phase transition belonging to the universality class of directed percolation. The incorporated higher-order reaction terms lead to a non-trivial phase diagram. In particular, a line of continuous phase transitions is separated by a tricritical point from a line of discontinuous phase transitions. The corresponding tricritical scaling behavior is analyzed in detail, i.e., we determine the critical exponents, various universal scaling functions as well as universal amplitude combinations. PACS numbers: 05.70.Ln, 05.50.+q, 05.65.+b     

Universal behavior of crossover scaling functions for continuous phase transitions

We consider two different systems exhibiting a continuous phase transition into an absorbing state. Both models belong to the same universality class; i.e., they are characterized by the same scaling functions and the same critical exponents. Varying the range of interactions, we examine the crossover from the mean-field-like to the non-mean-field scaling behavior. A phenomenological scaling form is applied in order to describe the full crossover region, which spans several decades. Our results strongly support the hypothesis that the crossover function is universal.     

Breakdown of one-parameter scaling in quantum critical scenarios for high-temperature copper-oxide superconductors

We show that if the excitations which become gapless at a quantum critical point also carry the electrical current, then a resistivity linear in temperature, as is observed in the copper-oxide high-temperature superconductors, obtains only if the dynamical exponent z satisfies the unphysical constraint, z < 0. At fault here is the universal scaling hypothesis that, at a continuous phase transition, the only relevant length scale is the correlation length. Consequently, either the electrical current in the normal state of the cuprates is carried by degrees of freedom which do not undergo a quantum phase transition, or quantum critical scenarios must forgo this basic scaling hypothesis and demand that more than a single-correlation length scale is necessary to model transport in the cuprates.     

Scaling in four-dimensional quantum gravity

We discuss scaling relations in four-dimensional simplicial quantum gravity. Using numerical results obtained with a new algorithm called “baby universe surgery” we study the critical region of the theory. The position of the phase transition is given with high accuracy and some critical exponents are measured. Their values prove that the transition is continuous. We discuss the properties of two distinct phases of the theory. For large values of the bare gravitational coupling constant the internal Hausdorff dimension is two (the elongated phase), and the continuum theory is that of so called branched polymers. For small values of the bare gravitational coupling constant the internal Hausdorff dimension seems to be infinite (the crumpled phase). We conjecture that this phase corresponds to a theory of topological gravity. At the transition point the Hausdorff dimension might be finite and larger than two. This transition point is a potential candidate for a non-perturbative theory of quantum gravity.     

Nonequilibrium phase transition on a randomly diluted lattice

We show that the interplay between geometric criticality and dynamical fluctuations leads to a novel universality class of the contact process on a randomly diluted lattice. The nonequilibrium phase transition across the percolation threshold of the lattice is characterized by unconventional activated (exponential) dynamical scaling and strong Griffiths effects. We calculate the critical behavior in two and three space dimensions, and we also relate our results to the recently found infinite-randomness fixed point in the disordered one-dimensional contact process.     

Nonlinear transport near a quantum phase transition in two dimensions

The problem of nonlinear transport near a quantum phase transition is solved within the Landau theory for the dissipative insulator-superconductor phase transition in two dimensions. Using the nonequilibrium Schwinger round-trip Green function formalism, we obtain the scaling function for the nonlinear conductivity in the quantum-disordered regime. We find that the conductivity scales as E2 at low fields but crosses over at large fields to a universal constant on the order of e(2)/h. The crossover between these two regimes obtains when the length scale for the quantum fluctuations becomes comparable to that of the electric field within logarithmic accuracy.     

Optimal nonlinear passage through a quantum critical point

We analyze the problem of optimal adiabatic passage through a quantum critical point. We show that to minimize the number of defects the tuning parameter should be changed as a power law in time. The optimal power is proportional to the logarithm of the total passage time multiplied by universal critical exponents characterizing the phase transition. We support our results by the general scaling analysis and by explicit calculations for the transverse-field Ising model.     

Short-time dynamics and critical behavior of three-dimensional bond-diluted Potts model

The short-time dynamics of the three-dimensional bond-diluted 4-state Potts model is investigated with Monte Carlo simulations. A recently suggested nonequilibrium reweighting method is applied, and the tricritical point is determined with the short-time dynamic approach. Based on the dynamic scaling form, both the dynamic and static critical exponents are estimated for the second order phase transition. Dynamic corrections to scaling are carefully considered.     

Universality Under Conditions of Self-tuning

We study systems with a continuous phase transition that tune their parameters to maximize a quantity that diverges solely at a unique critical point. Varying the size of these systems with dynamically adjusting parameters, the same finite-size scaling is observed as in systems where all relevant parameters are fixed at their critical values. This scheme is studied using a self-tuning variant of the Ising model. It is contrasted with a scheme where systems approach criticality through a target value for the order parameter that vanishes with increasing system size. In the former scheme, the universal exponents are observed in naïve finite-size scaling studies, whereas in the latter they are not.     

Phenomenological Free-Energy-Function,Fractal Dimension,and Critical Indices for Phase Transition Systems

Considering the relations between interaction terms in microscopic Hamiltonian and φⁿ terms in macroscopic Landau's free-energy-function (FEF) of a phase transition system, we propose a modified Landau's phenomenological FEF to deal with critical phenomena.According to scaling symmetry, it ie indeed true tiat, the dimension of interaction space is fractal at critical points for a phase transition system. Following these analyses, we obtain all the critical indices reasonably classified in the classes denoted by n, whid satisfy all the scaling laws and coincide with experiments. A cogent example ie given.     

Order parameter statistics in the critical quantum Ising chain

The probability distribution of the order parameter is expected to take a universal scaling form at a phase transition. In a spin system at a quantum critical point, this corresponds to universal statistics in the distribution of the total magnetization in the low-lying states. We obtain this scaling function exactly for the ground state and first excited state of the critical quantum Ising spin chain. This is achieved through a remarkable relation to the partition function of the anisotropic Kondo problem, which can be computed by exploiting the integrability of the system.     

The fully finite spherical model

A lattice sum technique is applied to the constraint equation of the finite size mean spherical model. It is shown that this allows the investigation of the model over a wide range of temperatures, for a wide range of system sizes. Correlation lengths and susceptibilities are shown to obey crossover scaling aroundT=0 below the lower critical dimension, and finite size scaling between the lower and upper critical dimensions. Universal scaling forms are suggested for the lower critical dimension. At and above the upper critical dimension, the behavior is identical to that of finite sized mean field theory. The scaling at and above the upper critical dimension is shown to be modified by the existence of a dangerous irrelevant variable which also governs the failure of hyperscaling. Implications for phenomenological renormalization experiments are discussed. Numerical results of scaling are displayed.