Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
1997-06-19
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
RevTeX code for 8 pages, plus 3 Postscript figures; to appear in Physical Review B (1 September 1997)
Scientific paper
We address the question of weak versus strong universality scenarios for the random-bond Ising model in two dimensions. A finite-size scaling theory is proposed, which explicitly incorporates $\ln L$ corrections ($L$ is the linear finite size of the system) to the temperature derivative of the correlation length. The predictions are tested by considering long, finite-width strips of Ising spins with randomly distributed ferromagnetic couplings, along which free energy, spin-spin correlation functions and specific heats are calculated by transfer-matrix methods. The ratio $\gamma/\nu$ is calculated and has the same value as in the pure case; consequently conformal invariance predictions remain valid for this type of disorder. Semilogarithmic plots of correlation functions against distance yield average correlation lengths $\xi^{av}$, whose size dependence agrees very well with the proposed theory. We also examine the size dependence of the specific heat, which clearly suggestsa divergency in the thermodynamic limit. Thus our data consistently favour the Dotsenko-Shalaev picture of logarithmic corrections (enhancements) to pure system singularities, as opposed to the weak universality scenario.
Aarao Reis Fabio D. A.
de Queiroz L. A. S.
dos Santos Raimundo R.
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