Scaling and nonscaling finite-size effects in the Gaussian and the mean spherical model with free boundary conditions

Details Scaling and nonscaling finite-size effects in the Gaussian and the mean spherical model with free boundary conditions Scaling and nonscaling finite-size effects in the Gaussian and the mean spherical model with free boundary conditions

2002-12-16

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0212362v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Submitted to Physical Review E

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.67.056127

We calculate finite-size effects of the Gaussian model in a L\times \tilde L^{d-1} box geometry with free boundary conditions in one direction and periodic boundary conditions in d-1 directions for 23 but logarithmic deviations from finite-size scaling are found for the free energy and energy density at the Gaussian upper borderline dimension d* =3. The logarithms are related to the vanishing critical exponent 1-\alpha-\nu=(d-3)/2 of the Gaussian surface energy density. The latter has a cusp-like singularity in d>3 dimensions. We show that these properties are the origin of nonscaling finite-size effects in the mean spherical model with free boundary conditions in d>=3 dimensions. At bulk T_c in d=3 dimensions we find an unexpected non-logarithmic violation of finite-size scaling for the susceptibility \chi \sim L^3 of the mean spherical model in film geometry whereas only a logarithmic deviation \chi\sim L^2 \ln L exists for box geometry. The result for film geometry is explained by the existence of the lower borderline dimension d_l = 3, as implied by the Mermin-Wagner theorem, that coincides with the Gaussian upper borderline dimension d*=3. For 3=T_c.

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