13 research outputs found
Three-dimensional model with the Chern-Simons term
We investigate the influence of the Chern-Simons term coupled to the
three-dimensional model. This term endows vortices with an internal
angular momentum and thus gives them arbitrary statistics. The Chern-Simons
term for the model takes an integer value which can be written as a sum
over all vortex lines of the product of the vortex charge and the winding
number of the internal phase angle along that vortex line. We have used the
Monte-Carlo method to study the three-dimensional model with the
Chern-Simons term. Our findings suggest that this model belongs to the
universality class with the critical temperature growing with increasing
internal angular momentum.Comment: 15 pages, uuencoded postscript fil
Boundary effects in superfluid films
We have studied the superfluid density and the specific heat of the XY model
on lattices L x L x H with L >> H (i.e. on lattices representing a film
geometry) using the Cluster Monte Carlo method. In the H-direction we applied
staggered boundary conditions so that the order parameter on the top and bottom
layers is zero, whereas periodic boundary conditions were applied in the
L-directions. We find that the system exhibits a Kosterlitz-Thouless phase
transition at the H-dependent temperature T_{c}^{2D} below the critical
temperature T_{\lambda} of the bulk system. However, right at the critical
temperature the ratio of the areal superfluid density to the critical
temperature is H-dependent in the range of film thicknesses considered here. We
do not find satisfactory finite-size scaling of the superfluid density with
respect to H for the sizes of H studied. However, our numerical results can be
collapsed onto a single curve by introducing an effective thickness H_{eff} = H
+ D (where D is a constant) into the corresponding scaling relations. We argue
that the effective thickness depends on the type of boundary conditions.
Scaling of the specific heat does not require an effective thickness (within
error bars) and we find good agreement between the scaling function f_{1}
calculated from our Monte Carlo results, f_{1} calculated by renormalization
group methods, and the experimentally determined function f_1.Comment: 37 pages,15 postscript figure
Scaling of the specific heat of superfluids confined in pores
We investigate the scaling properties of the specific heat of the XY model on
lattices H x H x L with L >> H (i.e. in a bar-like geometry) with respect to
the thickness H of the bar, using the Cluster Monte Carlo method. We study the
effect of the geometry and boundary conditions on the shape of the universal
scaling function of the specific heat by comparing the scaling functions
obtained for cubic, film, and bar-like geometry. In the presence of physical
boundary conditions applied along the sides of the bars we find good agreement
between our Monte Carlo results and the most recent experimental data for
superfluid helium confined in pores.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures, Revte
Scaling of the superfluid density in superfluid films
We study scaling of the superfluid density with respect to the film thickness
by simulating the model on films of size ()
using the cluster Monte Carlo. While periodic boundary conditions where used in
the planar () directions, Dirichlet boundary conditions where used along the
film thickness. We find that our results can be scaled on a universal curve by
introducing an effective thickness. In the limit of large our scaling
relations reduce to the conventional scaling forms. Using the same idea we find
scaling in the experimental results using the same value of .Comment: 4 pages, one postscript file replaced by one Latex file and 5
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Scaling of the specific heat in superfluid films
We study the specific heat of the model on lattices with (i.e. on lattices representing a film geometry) using the
Cluster Monte--Carlo method. In the --direction we apply Dirichlet boundary
conditions so that the order parameter in the top and bottom layers is zero. We
find that our results for the specific heat of various thickness size
collapse on the same universal scaling function. The extracted scaling function
of the specific heat is in good agreement with the experimentally determined
universal scaling function using no free parameters.Comment: 4 pages, uuencoded compressed PostScrip
Finite-Size Scaling in Two-Dimensional Superfluids
Using the model and a non-local updating scheme called cluster Monte
Carlo, we calculate the superfluid density of a two dimensional superfluid on
large-size square lattices up to . This technique
allows us to approach temperatures close to the critical point, and by studying
a wide range of values and applying finite-size scaling theory we are able
to extract the critical properties of the system. We calculate the superfluid
density and from that we extract the renormalization group beta function. We
derive finite-size scaling expressions using the Kosterlitz-Thouless-Nelson
Renormalization Group equations and show that they are in very good agreement
with our numerical results. This allows us to extrapolate our results to the
infinite-size limit. We also find that the universal discontinuity of the
superfluid density at the critical temperature is in very good agreement with
the Kosterlitz-Thouless-Nelson calculation and experiments.Comment: 13 pages, postscript fil
The specific heat of superfluids near the transition temperature
The specific heat of the model is studied on cubic lattices of sizes and on lattices with (i.e.
on lattices representing a film geometry) using the Cluster Monte Carlo method.
Periodic boundary conditions were applied in all directions. In the cubic case
we obtained the ratio of the critical exponents from the size
dependence of the energy density at the critical temperature .
Using finite--size scaling theory, we find that while for both geometries our
results scale to universal functions, these functions differ for the different
geometries. We compare our findings to experimental results and results of
renormalization group calculations.Comment: self-unpacking uuencoded PostScript file (for instructions see the
beginning of the file), 18 pages
Boundary effects in superfluid films
We have studied the superfluid density and the specific heat of the x − y model on lattices L × L × H with L ≫ H (i.e. on lattices representing a film geometry) using the Cluster Monte Carlo method. In the H-direction we applied staggered boundary conditions so that the order parameter on the top and bottom layers is zero, whereas periodic boundary conditions were applied in the L-directions. We find that the system exhibits a Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition at the H-dependent temperature T 2D c below the critical temperature Tλ of the bulk system. However, right at the critical temperature the ratio of the areal superfluid density to the critical temperature is H-dependent in the range of film thicknesses considered here. We do not find satisfactory finite-size scaling of the superfluid density with respect to H for the sizes of H studied. However, our numerical results can be collapsed onto a single curve by introducing an effective thickness Heff = H +D (where D is a constant) into the corresponding scaling relations. We argue that the effective thickness depends on the type of boundary conditions. Scaling of the specific heat does not require an effective thickness (within error bars) and we find good agreement between the scaling function f1 calculated from our Monte Carlo results, f1 calculated by renormalization group methods, and 1 the experimentally determined function f1
Scaling of the Specific Heat of Superfluids Confined in Pores
this paper, we report results of our simulations of the XY model in a bar-like geometry, namely on lattices H \Theta H \Theta