Europhysics Letters (EPL)
Finite-size scaling analysis of the anisotropic critical behavior of the two-dimensional Ising model under shear
D. Winter, Peter Virnau, Jürgen Horbach, Kurt Binder
Abstract
The critical behavior of the two-dimensional Ising Model with non-conserved order parameter in steady-state shear is studied by large-scale Monte Carlo simulations. Studying the structure factor S ( q x , q y ) in the disordered phase, the ratio of correlation length exponents ν x /ν y in the two lattice directions ( x , y ) is estimated, and the critical temperature is determined as a function of the shear rate as T c ( ) − T c (0) ∝ ϕ with ϕ≈0.45. Critical exponents β≈0.37, γ≈1.1, ; ν ⊥ ≈0.46, ν ∥ ≈1.38 are roughly compatible with anisotropic hyperscaling.