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Finite-size scaling above the upper critical dimension

Statistical Mechanics 2015-01-07 v1

Abstract

We present a unified view of finite-size scaling (FSS) in dimension d above the upper critical dimension, for both free and periodic boundary conditions. We find that the modified FSS proposed some time ago to allow for violation of hyperscaling due to a dangerous irrelevant variable, applies only to k=0 fluctuations, and so there is only a single exponent eta describing power-law decay of correlations at criticality, in contrast to recent claims. With free boundary conditions the finite-size "shift" is greater than the rounding. Nonetheless, using T-T_L, where T_L is the finite-size pseudocritical temperature, rather than T-T_c, as the scaling variable, the data does collapse on to a scaling form which includes the behavior both at T_L, where the susceptibility chi diverges like L^{d/2} and at the bulk T_c where it diverges like L^2. These claims are supported by large-scale simulations on the 5-dimensional Ising model.

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@article{arxiv.1410.5296,
  title  = {Finite-size scaling above the upper critical dimension},
  author = {Matthew Wittmann and A. P. Young},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.5296},
  year   = {2015}
}

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11 pages, 15 figures

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