Critical properties of the antiferromagnetic RP^2 model in three dimensions

We study the behavior of the antiferromagnetic RP^2 model in d = 3. The vacuum structure is analyzed in the critical and low temperature regions, paying special attention to the spontaneous symmetry breaking pattern. Near the critical point we observe a full breakdown of the 0(3) symmetry of the act...

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Autores: Ballesteros, H. G., Fernández Pérez, Luis Antonio, Martín Mayor, Víctor, Muñoz Sudupe, Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1997
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/60092
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60092
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:53
51-73
Monte-Carlo simulations
Nonlinear Sigma-models
Renormalization-group
Phase-transitions
Critical-behavior
Heisenberg-model
Lattice
Systems
Order.
Física (Física)
Física-Modelos matemáticos
22 Física
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Sumario:We study the behavior of the antiferromagnetic RP^2 model in d = 3. The vacuum structure is analyzed in the critical and low temperature regions, paying special attention to the spontaneous symmetry breaking pattern. Near the critical point we observe a full breakdown of the 0(3) symmetry of the action. Several methods for computing critical exponents are compared. We conclude that the most solid determination is obtained using a measure of the correlation length. Corrections-to-scaling are parameterized, yielding a very accurate determination of the critical coupling and a 5% error measure of the related exponent. This is used to estimate the systematic errors due to finite-size effects.