ISSN:
1572-9613
Keywords:
Ising model
;
roughening transition
;
Monte Carlo
;
finite-size scaling
;
renormalization group
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract We study the roughening transition of an interface in an Ising system on a 3D simple cubic lattice using a finite-size scaling method. The particular method has recently been proposed and successfully tested for various solid-on-solid models. The basic idea is the matching of the renormalization-groupflow of the interface with that of the exactly solvable body-centered cubic solid-on-solid model. We unambiguously confirm the Kosterlitz-Thouless nature of the roughening transition of the Ising interface. Our result for the inverse transition temperatureK r=0.40754(5) is almost two orders of magnitude more accurate than the estimate of Mon, Landau, and Stauffer.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02174211
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