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Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

Universal local dynamics

David B. Nicolaides, Ann Bruce

Published Aug 21, 1986• 1 citation
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Abstract

The authors suggest that, near a critical point, the statistical behaviour of local variables averaged over times long on microscopic scales is universal, reflecting large scale partial structure. The contention is supported with Monte Carlo studies of two-dimensional scalar models.
DOI
10.1088/0305-4470/19/12/010

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