Universal amplitude-exponent relation for the Ising model on sphere-like lattices
Martin Weigel, Wolfhard Janke E
Abstract
(received; accepted) PACS. 75.10Hk – Classical spin models. PACS. 75.40Mg – Numerical simulation studies. PACS. 11.25Hf – Conformal field theory, algebraic structures. Abstract. – Conformal field theory predicts finite-size scaling amplitudes of correlation lengths universally related to critical exponents on sphere-like, semi-finite systems S d−1 ×R of arbitrary dimensionality d. Numerical studies have up to now been unable to validate this result due to the intricacies of lattice discretisation of such curved spaces. We present a cluster-update Monte Carlo study of the Ising model on a three-dimensional geometry using slightly irregular lattices that confirms the validity of a linear amplitude-exponent relation to high precision. Introduction. – The observation that the symmetry of systems at a critical point goes beyond scale invariance emerging from the divergence of correlation lengths, and additionally comprises rotational and translational as well as inversional invariance has greatly enlarged the scope of exact results that can be derived for such systems on field-theory grounds. While customary scaling theory and the real-space renormalisation ansatz [1, 2] give rise to general