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Volker Dohm

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arXiv2023

Multiparameter universality and intrinsic diversity in weakly anisotropic bulk and confined systems

An overview of recent advances in the theory of critical phenomena in $d$-dimensional weakly anisotropic systems is given. On the basis of a generalized shear transformation between anisotropic and isotropic systems, exact and approximate results are discussed for bulk and confined systems in two and three dimensions where conformal field theory and the minimal renormalization without $\varepsilon$-expansion play a crucial role. Stimulation for this research comes from the seminal work by V. Privman and M.E. Fisher in 1984 in which the principle of two-scale-factor universality for bulk systems has been extended to finite systems. Based on this principle for isotropic systems we predict the validity of multiparameter universality with up to $d(d+1)/2+1$ nonuniversal parameters in $d$-dimensional anisotropic bulk and confined systems with periodic boundary conditions (BC). The verification of multiparameter universality for confined anisotropic systems with realistic BC and the study of the intrinsic diversity of the critical behavior of magnetic materials, superconductors, liquid crystals, and solids with non-cubic symmetry are a major challenge to future research.

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arXiv2023

Multiparameter universality and intrinsic diversity of critical phenomena in weakly anisotropic systems

Recently a unified hypothesis of multiparameter universality for the critical behavior of bulk and confined anisotropic systems has been formulated [V. Dohm, Phys. Rev. E {\bf 97}, 062128 (2018)]. We prove the validity of this hypothesis on the basis of the principle of two-scale-factor universality for isotropic systems. We introduce an angular-dependent correlation vector and a generalized shear transformation that transforms weakly anisotropic systems to isotropic systems. As examples we consider the $O(n)$-symmetric $\varphi^4$, Gaussian, and $n$-vector model. We determine the structure of the bulk order-parameter correlation function, of the singular bulk part of the critical free energy, and of critical bulk amplitude relations of anisotropic systems. It is shown that weakly anisotropic systems exhibit a high degree of intrinsic diversity due to $d(d+1)/2-1$ independent parameters. Exact results are derived for the $d=2$ Ising universality class and for the spherical and Gaussian universality classes. For the $d=3$ Ising universality class we identify the universal scaling function of the isotropic bulk correlation function from the nonuniversal result of the functional renormalization group. A proof is presented for the validity of multiparameter universality of the exact critical Casimir amplitude in a rectangular geometry of weakly anisotropic systems with periodic boundary conditions in the Ising universality class. This confirms the validity of recent predictions of self-similar structures of finite-size effects at $T=T_c$ derived from conformal field theory. This also substantiates the previous notion of an effective shear transformation for anisotropic two-dimensional Ising models. Our theory paves the way for a quantitative theory of nonuniversal critical Casimir forces in anisotropic superconductors.

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arXiv2021

Multiparameter universality and conformal field theory for anisotropic confined systems: test by Monte Carlo simulations

Analytic predictions have been derived recently by V. Dohm and S. Wessel, Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 126}, 060601 (2021) from anisotropic $φ^4$ theory and conformal field theory for the amplitude ${\cal F}_c$ of the critical free energy of finite anisotropic systems in the two-dimensional Ising universality class. These predictions employ the hypothesis of multiparameter universality. We test these predictions by means of high-precision Monte Carlo (MC) simulations for ${\cal F}_c$ of the Ising model on a square lattice with isotropic ferromagnetic couplings between nearest neighbors and with an anisotropic coupling between next-nearest neighbors along one diagonal. We find remarkable agreement between the MC data and the analytical prediction. This agreement supports the validity of multiparameter universality and invalidates two-scale-factor universality as ${\cal F}_c$ is found to exhibit a nonuniversal dependence on the microscopic couplings of the scalar $φ^4$ model and the Ising model. Our results are compared with the exact result for ${\cal F}_c$ in the three-dimensional $φ^4$ model with a planar anisotropy in the spherical limit. The critical Casimir amplitude is briefly discussed.

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arXiv2021

Exact Critical Casimir Amplitude of Anisotropic Systems from Conformal Field Theory and Self-Similarity of Finite-Size Scaling Functions in $d\geq 2$ Dimensions

The exact critical Casimir amplitude is derived for anisotropic systems within the $d=2$ Ising universality class by combining conformal field theory (CFT) with anisotropic $φ^4$ theory. Explicit results are presented for the general anisotropic scalar $φ^4$ model and for the fully anisotropic triangular-lattice Ising model in finite rectangular and infinite strip geometries with periodic boundary conditions (PBC). These results demonstrate the validity of multiparameter universality for confined anisotropic systems and the nonuniversality of the critical Casimir amplitude. We find an unexpected complex form of self-similarity of the anisotropy effects near the instability where weak anisotropy breaks down. This can be traced back to the property of modular invariance of isotropic CFT for $d=2$. More generally, for $d>2$ we predict the existence of self-similar structures of the finite-size scaling functions of $O(n)$-symmetric systems with planar anisotropies and PBC both in the critical region for $ n \geq 1$ as well as in the Goldstone-dominated low-temperature region for $ n \geq 2$.

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arXiv2019

Multiparameter universality and directional nonuniversality of exact anisotropic critical correlation functions of the two-dimensional Ising universality class

We prove the validity of multiparameter universality for the exact critical bulk correlation functions of the anisotropic square-lattice and triangular-lattice Ising models on the basis of the exact scaling structure of the correlation function of the two-dimensional anisotropic scalar $φ^4$ model with four nonuniversal parameters. The correlation functions exhibit a directional nonuniversality due to principal axes whose orientation depends on microscopic details. In particular we determine the exact anisotropy matrices governing the bulk and finite-size critical behavior of the $φ^4$ and Ising models. We also prove the validity of multiparameter universality for an exact critical bulk amplitude relation.

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arXiv2017

Crossover from low-temperature to high-temperature fluctuations. I. Thermodynamic Casimir forces of isotropic systems

We study the crossover from low- to high-temperature fluctuations including critical fluctuations in confined isotropic O$(n)$-symmetric systems on the basis of a finite-size renormalization-group approach at fixed dimension $d$ introduced previously [V. Dohm, Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 110}, 107207 (2013)]. Our theory is formulated within the $φ^4$ lattice model in a $d$-dimensional block geometry with periodic boundary conditions. We derive the finite-size scaling functions $F^{\text ex}$ and $X$ of the excess free energy density and of the thermodynamic Casimir force, respectively, for $1\leq n \leq \infty$, $2 0$ we find a finite low-temperature limit of $F^{\text ex}$ which deviates from that of the the Ising model. We attribute this deviation to the nonuniversal difference between the $φ^4$ model with continuous variables $φ$ and the Ising model with discrete spin variables $s=\pm1$. For $n\geq 2$ and $ρ>0$, a logarithmic divergence of $F^{\text ex}$ in the low-temperature limit is predicted, in excellent agreement with Monte Carlo (MC) data for the $d=3$ $XY$ model. For $2\leq n \leq \infty$ and $0\leq ρ<ρ_0=0.8567$ the Goldstone modes generate a negative (attractive) low-temperature Casimir force that vanishes for $ρ= ρ_0$ and becomes positive (repulsive) for $ρ> ρ_0$. Our predictions are compared with MC data for Ising, $XY$, and Heisenberg models in slab geometries with $0.01\leqρ\leq1$. Good overall agreement is found.

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arXiv2013

Crossover from Goldstone to critical fluctuations: Casimir forces in confined O${\bf(n)}$ symmetric systems

We study the crossover between thermodynamic Casimir forces arising from long-range fluctuations due to Goldstone modes and those arising from critical fluctuations. Both types of forces exist in the low-temperature phase of O$(n)$ symmetric systems for $n>1$ in a $d$-dimensional ${L_\parallel^{d-1} \times L}$ slab geometry with a finite aspect ratio $ρ= L/L_\parallel$. Our finite-size renormalization-group treatment for periodic boundary conditions describes the entire crossover from the Goldstone regime with a nonvanishing constant tail of the finite-size scaling function far below $T_c$ up to the region far above $T_c$ including the critical regime with a minimum of the scaling function slightly below $T_c$. Our analytic result for $ρ\ll 1$ agrees well with Monte Carlo data for the three-dimensional XY model. A quantitative prediction is given for the crossover of systems in the Heisenberg universality class.

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arXiv2011

Critical free energy and Casimir forces in rectangular geometries

We study the critical behavior of the free energy and the thermodynamic Casimir force in a $L_\parallel^{d-1} \times L$ block geometry in $2 1$), and zero for a cube $(ρ=1)$. We also present extrapolations to the cylinder limit ($ρ=\infty$) and to the film limit ($ρ=0$) for $n=1$ and $d=3$. Our analytic results for finite-size scaling functions in the minimal renormalization scheme at fixed dimension $d=3$ agree well with Monte Carlo data for the three-dimensional Ising model by Hasenbusch for $ρ=1$ and by Vasilyev et al. for $ρ=1/6$ above, at, and below $T_c$.

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arXiv2010

Finite-size effects in film geometry with nonperiodic boundary conditions: Gaussian model and renormalization-group theory at fixed dimension

Finite-size effects are investigated in the Gaussian model with isotropic and anisotropic short-range interactions in film geometry with nonperiodic boundary conditions (b.c). We have obtained exact results for the free energy and the Casimir force for antiperiodic, Neumann, Dirichlet, and Neumann-Dirichlet mixed b.c. in 1<d<4 dimensions. For the Casimir force, finite-size scaling is found to be valid for all b.c.. For the free energy, finite-size scaling is valid in 1<d<3 and 3<d<4 dimensions for antiperiodic, Neumann, and Dirichlet b.c., but logarithmic deviations from finite-size scaling exist in d=3 dimensions for Neumann and Dirichlet b.c.. This is explained in terms of the borderline dimension d*=3, where the critical exponent of the Gaussian surface energy density vanishes. For Neumann-Dirichlet b.c., finite-size scaling is strongly violated above T_c for 1<d<4. Our results include an exact description of the dimensional crossover between the d-dimensional finite-size critical behavior near bulk T_c and the (d-1)-dimensional critical behavior near T_c,film(L). This dimensional crossover is illustrated for the critical behavior of the specific heat. For 2<d<4, the Gaussian results are reformulated as one-loop contributions of the phi^4 theory at fixed dimension and are compared with the epsilon=4-d expansion results as well as with d=3 Monte Carlo data. For d=2, the Gaussian results for the Casimir force scaling function are compared with those for the Ising model; unexpected exact relations are found between the Gaussian and Ising scaling functions. For both the Gaussian and the Ising model it is shown that anisotropic couplings imply nonuniversal scaling functions of the Casimir force. Our Gaussian results provide the basis for the investigation of finite-size effects of the mean spherical model with nonperiodic b.c..

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arXiv2009

Critical Casimir force in slab geometry with finite aspect ratio: analytic calculation above and below $T_c$

We present a field-theoretic study of the critical Casimir force of the Ising universality class in a $d$-dimensional ${L_\parallel^{d-1} \times L}$ slab geometry with a finite aspect ratio $ρ= L/L_\parallel$ above, at, and below $T_c$. The result of a perturbation approach at fixed dimension $d=3$ is presented that describes the dependence on the aspect ratio in the range $ρ\gtrsim 1/4$. Our analytic result for the Casimir force scaling function for $ρ= 1/4$ agrees well with recent Monte Carlo data for the three-dimensional Ising model in slab geometry with periodic boundary conditions above, at, and below $T_c$.

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arXiv2008

Diversity of critical behavior within a universality class

We study spatial anisotropy effects on the bulk and finite-size critical behavior of the O$(n)$ symmetric anisotropic $ϕ^4$ lattice model with periodic boundary conditions in a $d$-dimensional hypercubic geometry above, at and below $T_c$. The absence of two-scale factor universality is discussed for the bulk order-parameter correlation function, the bulk scattering intensity, and for several universal bulk amplitude relations. For the confined system, renormalization-group theory within the minimal subtraction scheme at fixed dimension $d$ for $2<d<4$ is employed. For the case of cubic symmetry and for $n=1$ our perturbation approach yields excellent agreement with the Monte Carlo (MC) data for the finite-size amplitude of the free energy of the three-dimensional Ising model at $T_c$ by Mon [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 54}, 2671 (1985)]. Below $T_c$ a minimum of the scaling function of the excess free energy is found. We predict a measurable dependence of this minimum on the anisotropy parameters. The relative anisotropy effect on the free energy is predicted to be significantly larger than that on the Binder cumulant. Our theory agrees quantitatively with the non-monotonic dependence of the Binder cumulant on the ferromagnetic next-nearest neighbor (NNN) coupling of the two-dimensional Ising model found by MC simulations of Selke and Shchur [J. Phys. {\bf A 38}, L739 (2005)]. Our theory also predicts a non-monotonic dependence for small values of the {\it antiferromagnetic} NNN coupling and the existence of a Lifschitz point at a larger value of this coupling. The nonuniversal anisotropy effects in the finite-size scaling regime are predicted to satisfy a kind of restricted universality. The tails of the large-$L$ behavior at $T \neq T_c$ violate both finite-size scaling and universality.

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arXiv2002

Finite-size effects on the thermal conductivity of ^4He near T_λ

We present results of a renormalization-group calculation of the thermal conductivity of confined $\rm^4$He in a $L^2 \times \infty$ geometry above and at $T_λ$ within model F with Dirichlet boundary conditions for the order parameter. We assume a heat flow parallel to the boundaries which implies Neumann boundary conditions for the entropy density. No adjustable parameters other than those known from bulk theory and static finite-size theory are used. Our theoretical results are compared with experimental data by Kahn and Ahlers.

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arXiv1998

Finite-Size Effects on Critical Diffusion and Relaxation Towards Metastable Equilibrium

We present the first analytic study of finite-size effects on critical diffusion above and below T_c of three-dimensional Ising-like systems whose order parameter is coupled to a conserved density. We also calculate the finite-size relaxation time that governs the critical order-parameter relaxation towards a metastable equilibrium state below T_c. Two new universal dynamic amplitude ratios at T_c are predicted and quantitative predictions of dynamic finite-size scaling functions are given that can be tested by Monte-Carlo simulations.

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arXiv1997

Minimal renormalization without epsilon-expansion: Amplitude functions in three dimensions below T_c

Massive field theory at fixed dimension d<4 is combined with the minimal subtraction scheme to calculate the amplitude functions of thermodynamic quantities for the O(n) symmetric phi^4 model below T_c in two-loop order. Goldstone singularities arising at an intermediate stage in the calculation of O(n) symmetric quantities are shown to cancel among themselves leaving a finite result in the limit of zero external field. From the free energy we calculate the amplitude functions in zero field for the order parameter, specific heat and helicity modulus (superfluid density) in three dimensions. We also calculate the q^2 part of the inverse of the wavenumber-dependent transverse susceptibility chi_T(q) which provides an independent check of our result for the helicity modulus. The two-loop contributions to the superfluid density and specific heat below T_c turn out to be comparable in magnitude to the one-loop contributions, indicating the necessity of higher-order calculations and Pade-Borel type resummations.

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