Ising critical exponents

This article lists the critical exponents of the ferromagnetic transition in the Ising model. In statistical physics, the Ising model describes a continuous phase transition with scalar order parameter. The critical exponents of the transition are universal values and characterise the singular properties of physical quantities. The ferromagnetic transition of the Ising model establishes an important universality class, which contains a variety of phase transitions as different as ferromagnetism close to the Curie point and critical opalescence of liquid near its critical point.

d=2 d=3 d=4 general expression
α 0 0.11007(7) 0 2-d/(d-\Delta_\epsilon)
β 1/8 0.32642(2) 1/2 \Delta_\sigma/(d-\Delta_\epsilon)
γ 7/4 1.23708(6) 1 (d-2\Delta_\sigma)/(d-\Delta_\epsilon)
δ 15 4.78982(7) 3 (d-\Delta_\sigma)/\Delta_\sigma
η 1/4 0.03630(2) 0 2\Delta_\sigma - d+2
ν 1 0.62998(3) 1/2 1/(d-\Delta_\epsilon)
ω 2 0.8303(18) 0 \Delta_{\epsilon'}-d

From the quantum field theory point of view, the critical exponents can be expressed in terms of scaling dimensions of the local operators \sigma,\epsilon,\epsilon' of the conformal field theory describing the phase transition [1] (In the Ginzburg-Landau description, these are the operators normally called \phi,\phi^2,\phi^4.) These expressions are given in the last column of the above table, and were used to calculate the values of the critical exponents using the operator dimensions values from the following table:

d=2 d=3 d=4
\Delta_\sigma 1/8 0.518151(6) [2][3] 1
\Delta_\epsilon 1 1.41264(6) [2][3] 2
\Delta_{\epsilon'} 4 3.8303(18) [3] 4

In d=2, the conformal field theory in question is the minimal model M_{3,4}. In d=4, it is the free massless scalar theory (also referred to as mean-field theory). These two theories are exactly solved, and the exact solutions give values reported in the table.

The d=3 theory is not yet exactly solved. This theory has been traditionally studied by the renormalization group methods and Monte-Carlo simulations. The estimates following from those techniques, as well as references to the original works, can be found in Refs.[4] and.[5]

More recently, a conformal field theory method known as the conformal bootstrap has been applied to the d=3 theory.[3][2][6] This method gives results in agreement with the older techniques, but an order of magnitude more precise. These are the values reported in the table.

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References

  1. ↑ John Cardy (1996). Scaling and Renormalization in Statistical Physics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-49959-0.
  2. 1 2 3 Simmons-Duffin, David (2015). "A semidefinite program solver for the conformal bootstrap". Journal of High Energy Physics 2015 (6): 1–31. doi:10.1007/JHEP06(2015)174. ISSN 1029-8479.
  3. 1 2 3 4 El-Showk, Sheer; Paulos, Miguel F.; Poland, David; Rychkov, Slava; Simmons-Duffin, David; Vichi, Alessandro (2014). "Solving the 3d Ising Model with the Conformal Bootstrap II. c-Minimization and Precise Critical Exponents". Journal of Statistical Physics 157 (4-5): 869–914. doi:10.1007/s10955-014-1042-7.
  4. ↑ Pelissetto, Andrea; Vicari, Ettore (2002). "Critical phenomena and renormalization-group theory". Physics Reports 368 (6): 549–727. arXiv:cond-mat/0012164. Bibcode:2002PhR...368..549P. doi:10.1016/S0370-1573(02)00219-3.
  5. ↑ Kleinert, H., "Critical exponents from seven-loop strong-coupling φ4 theory in three dimensions". Physical Review D 60, 085001 (1999)
  6. ↑ Kadanoff, Leo P. (April 30, 2014). "Deep Understanding Achieved on the 3d Ising Model". Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics.

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