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Non-power-law universal scaling in incommensurate systems

Statistical Mechanics 2022-06-08 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

Abstract

Previous studies of incommensurate systems concluded that critical scaling in such systems is sensitively dependent on the irrational, α\alpha, which determines the incommensuration. Contrary to this belief, in the canonical Harper-Hofstadter model, we show there is universal α\alpha-independent scaling for almost all α\alpha. This critical scaling is characterized by non-power law time-length scaling trζloglogrt \sim r^{\zeta \log \log r}. We demonstrate this in the superfluid fraction of a Bose gas, and the heat capacity of a Fermi gas. We argue that this scaling is generic of a broad class of incommensurate models.

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@article{arxiv.2206.02810,
  title  = {Non-power-law universal scaling in incommensurate systems},
  author = {Luke Yeo and Philip J. D. Crowley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.02810},
  year   = {2022}
}

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11 pages, 4 figures