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Theory and Satellite Experiment for Critical Exponent alpha of lambda-Transition in Superfluid Helium
On the basis recent seven-loop perturbation expansion for nu^{-1} = 3/(2 -
alpha) we perform a careful reinvestigation of the critical exponent alpha
governing the power behavior |T_c-T|^{- alpha} of the specific heat of
superfluid helium near the phase transition. With the help of variational
strong-coupling theory. we find alpha = - 0.01126 +- 0.0010, in very good
agreement with the space shuttle experimental value alpha = - 0.01056 +-
0.00038.Comment: Final version to be printed in Phys. Lett. A. Author Information
under http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/~kleinert/institution.html . Latest
update of paper also at http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/~kleinert/28
Stability of 3D Cubic Fixed Point in Two-Coupling-Constant \phi^4-Theory
For an anisotropic euclidean -theory with two interactions [u
(\sum_{i=1^M {\phi}_i^2)^2+v \sum_{i=1}^M \phi_i^4] the -functions are
calculated from five-loop perturbation expansions in
dimensions, using the knowledge of the large-order behavior and Borel
transformations. For , an infrared stable cubic fixed point for
is found, implying that the critical exponents in the magnetic phase
transition of real crystals are of the cubic universality class. There were
previous indications of the stability based either on lower-loop expansions or
on less reliable Pad\'{e approximations, but only the evidence presented in
this work seems to be sufficently convincing to draw this conclusion.Comment: Author Information under
http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/~kleinert/institution.html . Paper also at
http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/~kleinert/kleiner_re250/preprint.htm
Next-to-next-to-leading-order epsilon expansion for a Fermi gas at infinite scattering length
We extend previous work on applying the epsilon-expansion to universal
properties of a cold, dilute Fermi gas in the unitary regime of infinite
scattering length. We compute the ratio xi = mu/epsilon_F of chemical potential
to ideal gas Fermi energy to next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) in
epsilon=4-d, where d is the number of spatial dimensions. We also explore the
nature of corrections from the order after NNLO.Comment: 28 pages, 14 figure
Developments in the South Staffordshire iron and steel industry, 1850-1913, in the light of home and foreign competition
When Ebenezer Parkes was discussing the question of foreign competition as it affected the local iron and steel industry at the turn of the century, he stressed that it was a 'many sided thing'. Besides, if South Staffordshire was to reassert itself, then improvements would have to come about in a number of areas - in education, use of labour-saving machinery, practices in the blast furnace and rolling-mill departments, labour relations, canal and rail transport, structure of industry, state support and Colonial trade. This thesis is an attempt to look at the various 'sides' of the South Staffordshire iron and steel industry as it faced up to increasing competition both from other United Kingdom districts and from abroad. The importance of physical factors is considered in conjunction with human ones. Clearly, South Staffordshire could do nothing to prevent the growth of new centres of iron and steel production; furthermore, other older centres of production, notably South Wales and Scotland, fared better in the second half of the nineteenth century because of their tidal locations. Iron ores from Spain or steel 'semis' from the United States or the European Continent tended to emphasise the shift away from a land-locked centre of production. Abroad, tremendous growth was experienced by the iron and steel industries of the United States and Germany, a development which made all the apparent disadvantages of South Staffordshire appear that much more significant. Of these disadvantages, South Staffordshire's almost total dependence on outside supplies of metallurgical coke ranks very high. So, too, do the numerous shortcomings of the transport facilities of the area. On the human side, the failure of the local ironmasters to take full advantage of the proximity of East Midland iron ore supplies was crucial. Their reliance upon outside supplies of iron are, which remained largely out of their control, put them in sharp contrast with producers on the Continent or in the United states. To add to the difficulties being experienced by the local industry, Birmingham and the Black Country proved a very attractive market for foreign producers. The so-called 'dumping' policies of the Americans and Continentals are pursued at some length in the last chapter. Despite the many changes which took place in the district, South Staffordshire remained a very important part of the United Kingdom iron and steel industry. The fortunes of Round Oak, and especially those of Sir Alfred Hickman's Spring Vale Works, illustrate the fact that overall the situation in South Staffordshire was never a totally hopeless one
High precision single-cluster Monte Carlo measurement of the critical exponents of the classical 3D Heisenberg model
We report measurements of the critical exponents of the classical
three-dimensional Heisenberg model on simple cubic lattices of size with
= 12, 16, 20, 24, 32, 40, and 48. The data was obtained from a few long
single-cluster Monte Carlo simulations near the phase transition. We compute
high precision estimates of the critical coupling , Binder's parameter
\nu,\beta / \nu, \eta\alpha / \nu$,
using extensively histogram reweighting and optimization techniques that allow
us to keep control over the statistical errors. Measurements of the
autocorrelation time show the expected reduction of critical slowing down at
the phase transition as compared to local update algorithms. This allows
simulations on significantly larger lattices than in previous studies and
consequently a better control over systematic errors in finite-size scaling
analyses.Comment: 4 pages, (contribution to the Lattice92 proceedings) 1 postscript
file as uufile included. Preprints FUB-HEP 21/92 and HLRZ 89/92. (note: first
version arrived incomplete due to mailer problems
Obtaining Bounds on The Sum of Divergent Series in Physics
Under certain circumstances, some of which are made explicit here, one can
deduce bounds on the full sum of a perturbation series of a physical quantity
by using a variational Borel map on the partial series. The method is
illustrated by applying it to various examples, physical and mathematical.Comment: 33 pages, Journal Versio
Point des connaissances acquises sur le bassin du Wabi Shebelli par l'équipe hydrogéologique et son consultant le professeur Aurouze : période septembre 1967-juin 1968
Finite size effects on measures of critical exponents in d=3 O(N) models
We study the critical properties of three-dimensional O(N) models, for
N=2,3,4. Parameterizing the leading corrections-to-scaling for the
exponent, we obtain a reliable infinite volume extrapolation, incompatible with
previous Monte Carlo values, but in agreement with -expansions. We
also measure the critical exponent related with the tensorial magnetization as
well as the exponents and critical couplings.Comment: 12 pages, 2 postscript figure
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