Extraordinary-log Universality of Critical Phenomena in Plane Defects

Autor: Sun, Yanan, Hu, Minghui, Deng, Youjin, Lv, Jian-Ping
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 207101 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.207101
Popis: The recent discovery of the extraordinary-log (E-Log) criticality is a celebrated achievement in modern critical theory and calls for generalization. Using large-scale Monte Carlo simulations, we study the critical phenomena of plane defects in three- and four-dimensional O($n$) critical systems. In three dimensions, we provide the first numerical proof for the E-Log criticality of plane defects. In particular, for $n=2$, the critical exponent $\hat{q}$ of two-point correlation and the renormalization-group parameter $\alpha$ of helicity modulus conform to the scaling relation $\hat{q}=(n-1)/(2 \pi \alpha)$, whereas the results for $n \geq 3$ violate this scaling relation. In four dimensions, it is strikingly found that the E-Log criticality also emerges in the plane defect. These findings have numerous potential realizations and would boost the ongoing advancement of conformal field theory.
Comment: 24 pages, 11 figures, including supplemental material. v2: expanded version. To appear in Physical Review Letters
Databáze: arXiv