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Precision calculation of critical exponents in the $O(N)$ universality classes with the nonperturbative renormalization group

Statistical Mechanics 2020-04-30 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We compute the critical exponents ν\nu, η\eta and ω\omega of O(N)O(N) models for various values of NN by implementing the derivative expansion of the nonperturbative renormalization group up to next-to-next-to-leading order [usually denoted O(4)\mathcal{O}(\partial^4)]. We analyze the behavior of this approximation scheme at successive orders and observe an apparent convergence with a small parameter -- typically between 1/91/9 and 1/41/4 -- compatible with previous studies in the Ising case. This allows us to give well-grounded error bars. We obtain a determination of critical exponents with a precision which is similar or better than those obtained by most field theoretical techniques. We also reach a better precision than Monte-Carlo simulations in some physically relevant situations. In the O(2)O(2) case, where there is a longstanding controversy between Monte-Carlo estimates and experiments for the specific heat exponent α\alpha, our results are compatible with those of Monte-Carlo but clearly exclude experimental values.

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@article{arxiv.2001.07525,
  title  = {Precision calculation of critical exponents in the $O(N)$ universality classes with the nonperturbative renormalization group},
  author = {Gonzalo De Polsi and Ivan Balog and Matthieu Tissier and Nicolás Wschebor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.07525},
  year   = {2020}
}