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The dimer model on the triangular lattice

Statistical Mechanics 2015-05-28 v2

Abstract

We analyze the partition function of the dimer model on an M×N\mathcal{M} \times \mathcal{N} triangular lattice wrapped on torus obtained by Fendley, Moessner and Sondhi [Phys. Rev. B \textbf{66}, 214513 (2002)]. From a finite-size analysis we have found that the dimer model on such a lattice can be described by conformal field theory having central charge c=1c=1. The shift exponent for the specific heat is found to depend on the parity of the number of lattice sites N\mathcal{N} along a given lattice axis: e.g., for odd N\mathcal{N} we obtain the shift exponent λ=1\lambda=1, while for even N\mathcal{N} it is infinite (λ=\lambda=\infty). In the former case, therefore, the finite-size specific-heat pseudocritical point is size dependent, while in the latter case, it coincides with the critical point of the thermodynamic limit.

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@article{arxiv.1106.3376,
  title  = {The dimer model on the triangular lattice},
  author = {N. Sh. Izmailian and Ralph Kenna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.3376},
  year   = {2015}
}

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15 pages, 4 figures

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