Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Lattice
Scientific paper
1996-01-31
Nucl.Phys. B485 (1997) 583-612
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
36 pages (latex), plus 10 figures (postscript). This version to appear in Nuclear Physics B
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0550-3213(96)00642-6
We examine the Kosterlitz-Thouless universality class and show that essential scaling at this type of phase transition is not self-consistent unless multiplicative logarithmic corrections are included. In the case of specific heat these logarithmic corrections are identified analytically. To identify those corresponding to the susceptibility we set up a numerical method involving the finite-size scaling of Lee-Yang zeroes. We also study the density of zeroes and introduce a new concept called index scaling. We apply the method to the XY-model and the closely related step model in two dimensions. The critical parameters (including logarithmic corrections) of the step model are compatable with those of the XY-model indicating that both models belong to the same universality class. This result then raises questions over how a vortex binding scenario can be the driving mechanism for the phase transition. Furthermore, the logarithmic corrections identified numerically by our methods of fitting are not in agreement with the renormalization group predictions of Kosterlitz and Thouless.
Irving Alan C.
Kenna Ralph
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