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Exact characterization of O(n) tricriticality in two dimensions

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

We propose exact expressions for the conformal anomaly and for three critical exponents of the tricritical O(n) loop model as a function of n in the range 2n3/2-2 \leq n \leq 3/2. These findings are based on an analogy with known relations between Potts and O(n) models, and on an exact solution of a 'tri-tricritical' Potts model described in the literature. We verify the exact expressions for the tricritical O(n) model by means of a finite-size scaling analysis based on numerical transfer-matrix calculations.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0511277,
  title  = {Exact characterization of O(n) tricriticality in two dimensions},
  author = {Wenan Guo and Bernard Nienhuis and Henk W. J. Blöte},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0511277},
  year   = {2009}
}

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