Finite‐size scaling and phenomenological renormalization (invited)
Finite‐size scaling and phenomenological renormalization (invited)
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有限尺寸标度和唯象重整化(特邀)
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1982
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Peter Nightingale
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Peter Nightingale
Research in recent years has shown that combining finite‐size scaling theory with the transfer matrix technique yields a powerful tool for the investigation of critical behavior. In particular, the method has been used to study two‐dimensional statistical mechanical and one‐dimensional quantum mechanical systems. We review finite‐size scaling theory from the general point of view of renormalization group theory for both continuous and first‐order transitions (both for systems with discrete and continuous symmetries). We review applications where a comparison with exact results can be made. These include the Ising, Baxter, and q‐state Potts models and the Ising model with a defect line. Various other applications such as quantum systems, the self‐avoiding random walk, percolation, and Kosterlitz‐Thouless transitions are briefly reviewed. The Kosterlitz‐Thouless transitions and the critical fan in the antiferromagnetic 3‐state Potts model are discussed at somewhat greater length.