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Universality and nonmonotonic finite-size effects above the upper critical dimension

Statistical Mechanics 2021-05-26 v1

Abstract

We analyze universal and nonuniversal finite-size effects of lattice systems in a LdL^d geometry above the upper critical dimension d = 4 within the O(n) symmetric ϕ4\phi^4 lattice theory. On the basis of exact results for nn \to\infty and one-loop results for n = 1 we identify significant lattice effects that cannot be explained by the ϕ4\phi^4 continuum theory. Our analysis resolves longstanding discrepancies between earlier asymptotic theories and Monte Carlo (MC) data for the five-dimensional Ising model of small size. We predict a {\it nonmonotonic} L dependence of the scaled susceptibility χLd/2\chi L^{-d/2} at TcT_c with a weak maximum that has not yet been detected by MC data.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0005022,
  title  = {Universality and nonmonotonic finite-size effects above the upper critical dimension},
  author = {X. S. Chen and V. Dohm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0005022},
  year   = {2021}
}

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LaTex, 4 pages, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett