arXiv:1004.4983 · Physical Review B
Universal amplitude ratios in the three-dimensional Ising universality class
Martin Hasenbusch B
Abstract
We compute a number of universal amplitude ratios in the three-dimensional Ising universality class. To this end, we perform Monte Carlo simulations of the improved Blume-Capel model on the simple cubic lattice. For example, we obtain ${A}_{+}/{A}_{\ensuremath{-}}=0.536(2)$ and ${C}_{+}/{C}_{\ensuremath{-}}=4.713(7)$, where ${A}_{\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}}$ and ${C}_{\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}}$ are the amplitudes of the specific heat and the magnetic susceptibility, respectively. The subscripts $+$ and $\ensuremath{-}$ indicate the high- and the low-temperature phase, respectively. We compare our results with those obtained from previous Monte Carlo simulations, high- and low-temperature series expansions, field theoretic methods, and experiments.