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Surface critical exponents for a three-dimensional modified spherical model

Statistical Mechanics 2009-10-30 v1

Abstract

A modified three-dimensional mean spherical model with a L-layer film geometry under Neumann-Neumann boundary conditions is considered. Two spherical fields are present in the model: a surface one fixes the mean square value of the spins at the boundaries at some ρ>0\rho > 0, and a bulk one imposes the standard spherical constraint (the mean square value of the spins in the bulk equals one). The surface susceptibility χ1,1\chi_{1,1} has been evaluated exactly. For ρ=1\rho =1 we find that χ1,1\chi_{1,1} is finite at the bulk critical temperature TcT_c, in contrast with the recently derived value γ1,1=1\gamma_{1,1}=1 in the case of just one global spherical constraint. The result γ1,1=1\gamma_{1,1}=1 is recovered only if ρ=ρc=2(12Kc)1\rho =\rho_c= 2-(12 K_c)^{-1}, where KcK_c is the dimensionless critical coupling. When ρ>ρc\rho > \rho_c, χ1,1\chi_{1,1} diverges exponentially as TTc+T\to T_c^{+}. An effective hamiltonian which leads to an exactly solvable model with γ1,1=2\gamma_{1,1}=2, the value for the nn\to \infty limit of the corresponding O(n) model, is proposed too.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9706159,
  title  = {Surface critical exponents for a three-dimensional modified spherical model},
  author = {D. M. Danchev and J. G. Brankov and M. E. Amin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9706159},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

15 pages LATEX, no figures, uses ioplppt.sty file, to appear in J. Phys. A; related articles available on http://daniel.imbm.acad.bg