Dimensional and Spin Interpolation for the O$(n)$ Model: From Exact Anchors to RG-Improved Critical Exponents
Abstract
We develop a two-axis interpolation framework for the O universality family, treating the spatial dimension and the spin-component number as independent continuous parameters connecting exact limiting solutions. On the spatial axis, anchoring between the Onsager solution at and mean-field theory at yields a closed-form prediction for the 3D Ising critical coupling that agrees well with Monte Carlo benchmarks (benchmark: ) with no adjustable parameters. Wilson--Fisher-constrained polynomial interpolation gives , , and at (benchmarks: , , ), and reproduces conformal-bootstrap results across . On the spin axis, we establish a necessary compatibility criterion: two-anchor interpolation succeeds only for observables that vary monotonically between the anchor values. The critical coupling violates this criterion because the Heisenberg value falls below the spherical limit, whereas the correlation-length exponent satisfies it. A perturbative expansion yields (benchmark: ), and propagation through exact scaling relations gives (benchmark: ) and (benchmark: ), without introducing additional parameters. The framework naturally extends to non-integer spin, producing the prediction for the O universality class. These results establish dimensional and spin interpolation as a unified and predictive approach to critical phenomena, while clarifying the structural conditions under which interpolation succeeds.
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@article{arxiv.2607.10865,
title = {Dimensional and Spin Interpolation for the O$(n)$ Model: From Exact Anchors to RG-Improved Critical Exponents},
author = {Kumar Ghosh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.10865},
year = {2026}
}
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19 pages, 4 figures