A remark on the numerical validation of triviality for scalar field theories using high-temperature expansions

We suggest a simple modification of the usual procedures of analysis for the high-temperature (strong-coupling or hopping-parameter) expansions of the renormalized four-point coupling constant in the fourdimensional phi^4 lattice scalar field theory. As a result we can more convincingly validate numerically the triviality of the continuum limit taken from the high temperature phase.Comment: 8 pages, latex, 2 figure

Critical exponents of the three-dimensional classical plane rotator model on the sc lattice from a high temperature series analysis

High temperature series expansions of the spin-spin correlation function for the plane rotator (or XY) model on the sc lattice are extended by three terms through order $\beta^{17}$. Tables of the expansion coefficients are reported for the correlation function spherical moments of order $l=0,1,2$. Our analysis of the series leads to fairly accurate estimates of the critical parameters.Comment: 6 pages (revtex), no figures, Preprint IFUM 444/F

Perturbative renormalization group, exact results and high temperature series to order 21 for the N-vector spin models on the square lattice

High temperature expansions for the susceptibility and the second correlation moment of the classical N-vector model (also known as the O(N) symmetric Heisenberg classical spin model or the as the lattice O(N) nonlinear sigma model) on the square lattice are extended from order beta^{14} to beta^{21} for arbitrary N. For the second field derivative of the susceptibility the series expansion is extended from order beta^{14} to beta^{17}. For -2 < N < 2, a numerical analysis of the series is performed in order to compare the critical exponents gamma(N), nu(N) and Delta(N) to exact (though nonrigorous) formulas and to compute the "dimensionless four point coupling constant" g_r(N). For N > 2, we present a study of the analiticity properties of chi, xi etc. in the complex beta-plane and describe a method to estimate the parameters which characterize their low-temperature behaviors. We compare our series estimates to the predictions of the perturbative renormalization group theory, to exact (but nonrigorous or conjectured) formulas and to the results of the 1/N expansion, always finding a good agreement.Comment: 31 pages, Latex; abridged version without figures, the printed version contains 5 figure

The geometrical nature of optical resonances : from a sphere to fused dimer nanoparticles

We study the electromagnetic response of smooth gold nanoparticles with shapes varying from a single sphere to two ellipsoids joined smoothly at their vertices. We show that the plasmonic resonance visible in the extinction and absorption cross sections shifts to longer wavelengths and eventually disappears as the mid-plane waist of the composite particle becomes narrower. This process corresponds to an increase of the numbers of internal and scattering modes that are mainly confined to the surface and coupled to the incident field. These modes strongly affect the near field, and therefore are of great importance in surface spectroscopy, but are almost undetectable in the far field

Critical parameters of N-vector spin models on 3d lattices from high temperature series extended to order beta^{21}

High temperature expansions for the free energy, the susceptibility and the second correlation moment of the classical N-vector model [also denoted as the O(N) symmetric classical spin Heisenberg model or as the lattice O(N) nonlinear sigma model] have been extended to order beta^{21} on the simple cubic and the body centered cubic lattices, for arbitrary N. The series for the second field derivative of the susceptibility has been extended to order beta^{17}. An analysis of the newly computed series yields updated estimates of the model's critical parameters in good agreement with present renormalization group estimates.Comment: 3 pages, Latex,(fleqn.sty, espcrc2.sty) no figures, contribution to Lattice'97 to appear in Nucl. Phys. Proc. Supp