Surface and bulk transitions in three-dimensional O(n) models

Details Surface and bulk transitions in three-dimensional O(n) models Surface and bulk transitions in three-dimensional O(n) models

2005-04-07

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0504173v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

TeX paper and 10 eps figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.72.016128

Using Monte Carlo methods and finite-size scaling, we investigate surface criticality in the O$(n)$ models on the simple-cubic lattice with $n=1$, 2, and 3, i.e. the Ising, XY, and Heisenberg models. For the critical couplings we find $K_{\rm c}(n=2)=0.454 1655 (10)$ and $K_{\rm c}(n=3)= 0.693 002 (2)$. We simulate the three models with open surfaces and determine the surface magnetic exponents at the ordinary transition to be $y_{h1}^{\rm (o)}=0.7374 (15)$, $0.781 (2)$, and $0.813 (2)$ for $n=1$, 2, and 3, respectively. Then we vary the surface coupling $K_1$ and locate the so-called special transition at $\kappa_{\rm c} (n=1)=0.50214 (8)$ and $\kappa_{\rm c} (n=2)=0.6222 (3)$, where $\kappa=K_1/K-1$. The corresponding surface thermal and magnetic exponents are $y_{t1}^{\rm (s)} =0.715 (1)$ and $y_{h1}^{\rm (s)} =1.636 (1)$ for the Ising model, and $y_{t1}^{\rm (s)} =0.608 (4)$ and$y_{h1}^{\rm (s)} =1.675 (1)$ for the XY model. Finite-size corrections with an exponent close to -1/2 occur for both models. Also for the Heisenberg model we find substantial evidence for the existence of a special surface transition.

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