arXiv:1106.3376 · Physical Review E
Dimer model on a triangular lattice
N. Sh. Izmailian, Ralph Kenna B
Abstract
We analyze the partition function of the dimer model on an $\mathcal{M}\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}\mathcal{N}$ triangular lattice wrapped on a torus obtained by Fendley, Moessner, and Sondhi [Phys. Rev. B 66, 214513 (2002)]. From a finite-size analysis we have found that the dimer model on such a lattice can be described by a conformal field theory having a central charge $c=\ensuremath{-}2$. The shift exponent for the specific heat is found to depend on the parity of the number of lattice sites $\mathcal{N}$ along a given lattice axis: e.g., for odd $\mathcal{N}$ we obtain the shift exponent $\ensuremath{\lambda}=1$, while for even $\mathcal{N}$ it is infinite ($\ensuremath{\lambda}=\ensuremath{\infty}$). In the former case, therefore, the finite-size specific-heat pseudocritical point is size dependent, while in the latter case it coincides with the critical point of the thermodynamic limit.