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arXiv:hep-th/0002225 · Physical Review Letters

Universal Ratios in the 2D Tricritical Ising Model

Davide Fioravanti A, Giuseppe Mussardo, Pascal Simon

Published Jul 3, 2000• 16 citations
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Abstract

We consider the universality class of the two-dimensional tricritical Ising model. The scaling form of the free energy leads to the definition of universal ratios of critical amplitudes which may have experimental relevance. We compute these universal ratios by a combined use of results coming from perturbed conformal field theory, integrable quantum field theory, and numerical methods.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.85.126

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We propose a new class of universal amplitude ratios which involve the first terms of the short distance expansion of the correlators of a statistical model in the vicinity of a critical point. We will describe the critical system with a conformal field theory (UV fixed point) perturbed by an appropriate relevant operator. In two dimensions the exact knowledge of the UV fixed point allows for accurate predictions of the ratios and in many nontrivial integrable perturbations they can even be evaluated exactly. In three-dimensional O ( N ) scalar systems, feasible extensions of some existing results should allow perturbative expansions for the ratios to be obtained. By construction these universal ratios are a perfect tool to explore the short distance properties of the underlying quantum field theory even in regimes where the correlation length and one-point functions are not accessible in experiments or simulations.
The two-dimensional Ising model is the simplest model of statistical mechanics exhibiting a second-order phase transition. While in absence of magnetic field it is known to be solvable on the lattice since Onsager's work of the 1940s, exact results for the magnetic case have been missing until the late 1980s, when A Zamolodchikov solved the model in a field at the critical temperature, directly in the scaling limit, within the framework of integrable quantum field theory. In this paper, we review this field theoretical approach to the Ising universality class, with particular attention to the results obtained starting from Zamolodchikov's scattering solution and to their comparison with the numerical estimates on the lattice. The topics discussed include scattering theory, form factors, correlation functions, universal amplitude ratios and perturbations around integrable directions. Although we restrict our discussion to the Ising model, the emphasis is on the general methods of integrable quantum field theory which can be used in the study of all universality classes of critical behaviour in two dimensions.
Using results from conformal field theory, we compute several universal amplitude ratios for the two-dimensional Ising model at criticality on a symmetric torus. These include the correlation-length ratio x* = lim(L-->infinity) xi(L)/L and the first four magnetization moment ratios V-2n = [M-2n]/[M-2](n). As a corollary we get the first four renormalized 2n-point coupling constants for the massless theory on a symmetric torus, G(2n)*. We confirm these predictions by a high-precision Monte Carlo simulation.