arXiv:1710.06088 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical

Scaling in the vicinity of the four-state Potts fixed point

Henk W. J. Blöte, Wenan Guo, M. P. Nightingale

Published Jun 23, 2017• 6 citations

Abstract

Abstract We study a self-dual generalization of the Baxter–Wu model, employing results obtained by transfer matrix calculations of the magnetic scaling dimension and the free energy. While the pure critical Baxter–Wu model displays the critical behavior of the four-state Potts fixed point in two dimensions, in the sense that logarithmic corrections are absent, the introduction of different couplings in the up- and down triangles moves the model away from this fixed point, so that logarithmic corrections appear. Real couplings move the model into the first-order range, away from the behavior displayed by the nearest-neighbor, four-state Potts model. We also use complex couplings, which bring the model in the opposite direction characterized by the same type of logarithmic corrections as present in the four-state Potts model. Our finite-size analysis confirms in detail the existing renormalization theory describing the immediate vicinity of the four-state Potts fixed point.

DOI: 10.1088/1751-8121/aa7b53

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