Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
Finite Size Effect in the Quasi-One-Dimensional Ising Model
Kyu Won Lee
Abstract
We have studied the finite size effect in the quasi-one-dimensional Ising model by using a Monte Carlo simulation. A marked finite size effect was found with decreasing interchain interaction. Aside from the well-known dimensional crossover from 3D to 1D, a dimensional crossover from 3D to 2D at a crossover size L c (λ) ∼-1/(λln λ) was revealed as an origin of the finite size effect, where λ is the ratio of the interchain interaction to the intrachain one.