The critical spin-spin correlation function has been calculated up to and including terms of order epsilon for the Ising model in a magnetic field and on the co-existence curve for T<T c .
In the asymptotic critical region of a ferromagnetic spin system, the magnetic susceptibility χ and the correlation length ξ are related by the power law: χ∼ξ2−η, where η is the correlation function exponent. Somewhat farther from the critical point, but still within the critical region, we expect the behavior to be mean-field in character: χ∼ξ2. We give an exact relationship between χ and ξ in terms of a differential renormalization group approach. The leading behavior in the disordered phase is explicitly calculated for the n-component Wilson-Fisher model to O(ε2), ε≡4−d. The result includes both limiting power laws in a smooth crossover function. For the Ising case, n=1, the relationship is extended to the entire critical region, including the ordered phase. In this case, even in the asymptotic limit, the susceptibility differs from ξ2−η by a factor which depends on the magnetization M. This function is calculated to leading order and correctly gives the associated amplitude ratios to O(ε). Applications to the general p-point vertex function are discussed.
We report an effective functional form for the spin-spin correlation function of the 2D Ising model as a function of temperature and field. Although the Ising model has been well studied, no analytical result for the spin-spin correlation function exists for arbitrary magnetic fields and temperatures. We show the validity of our form by comparison with simulations using the Wolff algorithm, and obtain remarkable precision by including analytic corrections to scaling. Given recent interest in comparing biomembrane heterogeneity to Ising criticality, our spin-spin correlation function may be used as a predictive quantitative measure for FRET or NMR membrane experiments.