230 research outputs found
The hexatic phase of the two-dimensional hard disks system
We report Monte Carlo results for the two-dimensional hard disk system in the
transition region. Simulations were performed in the NVT ensemble with up to
1024^2 disks. The scaling behaviour of the positional and bond-orientational
order parameter as well as the positional correlation length prove the
existence of a hexatic phase as predicted by the
Kosterlitz-Thouless-Halperin-Nelson-Young theory. The analysis of the pressure
shows that this phase is outside a possible first-order transition.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures (minor changes
Short-time dynamics of the positional order of the two-dimensional hard disk system
We investigate the positional order of the two-dimensional hard disk model
with short-time dynamics and equilibrium simulations. The melting density and
the critical exponents z and eta are determined. Our results rule out a phase
transition as predicted by the Kosterlitz-Thouless-Halperin-Nelson-Young theory
as well as a first-order transition.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, minor change
Simulating the Electroweak Phase Transition in the SU(2) Higgs Model
Numerical simulations are performed to study the finite temperature phase
transition in the SU(2) Higgs model on the lattice. In the presently
investigated range of the Higgs boson mass, below 50 GeV, the phase transition
turns out to be of first order and its strength is rapidly decreasing with
increasing Higgs boson mass. In order to control the systematic errors, we also
perform studies of scaling violations and of finite volume effects.Comment: 46 pages with 16 figures, DESY-94-15
Numerical tests of the electroweak phase transition and thermodynamics of the electroweak plasma
The finite temperature phase transition in the SU(2) Higgs model at a Higgs
boson mass GeV is studied in numerical simulations on
four-dimensional lattices with time-like extensions up to . The effects
of the finite volume and finite lattice spacing on masses and couplings are
studied in detail. The errors due to uncertainties in the critical hopping
parameter are estimated. The thermodynamics of the electroweak plasma near the
phase transition is investigated by determining the relation between energy
density and pressure.Comment: latex2e, 32 pages, 11 figures with epsfig; A few comments and a new
table are adde
Critical aging of a ferromagnetic system from a completely ordered state
We adapt the non-linear model to study the nonequilibrium critical
dynamics of O(n) symmetric ferromagnetic system. Using the renormalization
group analysis in dimensions we investigate the pure relaxation
of the system starting from a completely ordered state. We find that the
average magnetization obeys the long-time scaling behavior almost immediately
after the system starts to evolve while the correlation and response functions
demonstrate scaling behavior which is typical for aging phenomena. The
corresponding fluctuation-dissipation ratio is computed to first order in
and the relation between transverse and longitudinal fluctuations is
discussed.Comment: 5 pages, revtex
Identification of the critical temperature from non-equilibrium time-dependent quantities
We present a new procedure able to identify and measure the critical
temperature. This method is based on the divergence of the relaxation time
approaching the critical point in quenches from infinite temperature. We
introduce a dimensionless quantity that turns out to be time-independent at the
critical temperature. The procedure does not need equilibration and allows for
a relatively fast identification of the critical temperature. The method is
first tested in the ferromagnetic Ising model and then applied to the
one-dimensional Ising spin glass with power-law interactions. Here we always
find a finite critical temperature also in presence of a uniform external
field, in agreement with the mean-field picture for the low temperature phase
of spin glasses.Comment: 6 pages, 10 figure
Defect fugacity, Spinwave Stiffness and T_c of the 2-d Planar Rotor Model
We obtain precise values for the fugacities of vortices in the 2-d planar
rotor model from Monte Carlo simulations in the sector with {\em no} vortices.
The bare spinwave stiffness is also calculated and shown to have significant
anharmonicity. Using these as inputs in the KT recursion relations, we predict
the temperature T_c = 0.925, using linearised equations, and using next higher order corrections, at which vortex unbinding commences
in the unconstrained system. The latter value, being in excellent agreement
with all recent determinations of T_c, demonstrates that our method 1)
constitutes a stringent measure of the relevance of higher order terms in KT
theory and 2) can be used to obtain transition temperatures in similar systems
with modest computational effort.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figure
População de plantas de soja no sistema de semeadura direta para o Centro-Sul do Estado do Paraná.
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Numerical simulations of a two-dimensional lattice grain boundary model
We present detailed Monte Carlo results for a two-dimensional grain boundary
model on a lattice. The effective Hamiltonian of the system results from the
microscopic interaction of grains with orientations described by spins of unit
length, and leads to a nearest-neighbour interaction proportional to the
absolute value of the angle between the grains. Our analysis of the correlation
length xi and susceptibility chi in the high-temperature phase favour a
Kosterlitz-Thouless-like (KT) singularity over a second-order phase transition.
Unconstrained KT fits of chi and xi confirm the predicted value for the
critical exponent nu, while the values of eta deviate from the theoretical
prediction. Additionally we apply finite-size scaling theory and investigate
the question of multiplicative logarithmic corrections to a KT transition. As
for the critical exponents our results are similar to data obtained from the XY
model, so that both models probably lie in the same universality class.Comment: 13 pages, Latex, 7 figures, to appear in Physica
Electroweak phase transition by four dimensional simulations
The finite temperature phase transition in the SU(2)-Higgs model at a Higgs
boson mass GeV is studied in numerical simulations on four
dimensional lattices with time-like extensions up to . is
extrapolated to the continuum limit and a comparison with the perturbative
prediction is made. A one-loop calculation to the coupling anisotropies of the
SU(2)-Higgs model on lattices with asymmetric lattice spacings is presented.
Our numerical simulations show that the above perturbative result is applicable
in the phenomenologically interesting parameter region.Comment: 3 pages, Latex, 3 figures, Talk presented at LATTICE96(electroweak)
by Z. Fodo
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