Finite–size effects in the spherical model of finite thickness

Hassan Chamati, Universität Duisburg–essen Fachbereich Physik

Published Aug 4, 2013• 4 citations

Abstract

A detailed analysis of the finite–size effects on the bulk critical behaviour of the d–dimensional mean spherical model confined to a film geometry with finite thickness L is reported. Along the finite direction different boundary conditions are applied: periodic (p), antiperiodic (a) and free surfaces with Dirichlet (D), Neumann (N) and a combination of Neumann and Dirichlet (ND) on both surfaces. A systematic method for the evaluation of the finite–size corrections to the free energy for the different types of boundary conditions is proposed. The free energy density and the equation for the spherical field are computed for arbitrary d. It is found, for 2 < d < 4, that the singular part of the free energy has the required finite–size scaling form at the bulk critical temperature only for (p) and (a). For the remaining boundary conditions the standard finite–size scaling hypothesis is not valid. At d = 3, the critical amplitude (related to the so called Casimir amplitude) is estimated. We obtain

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