Published May 30, 2003
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Journal article
On the use of finite-size scaling to measure spin-glass exponents
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL (United Kingdom)
Description
Finite-size scaling (FSS) is a standard technique for measuring scaling exponents in spin glasses. Here we present a critique of this approach, emphasizing the need for all length scales to be large compared to microscopic scales. In particular we show that the replacement, in FSS analyses, of the correlation length by its asymptotic scaling form can lead to apparently good scaling collapses with the wrong values of the scaling exponents
Availability note (English)
Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0305-4470/36/5699/a32101.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General (ISSN 1361-6447) http://www.iop.org/Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://stacks.iop.org/0305-4470/36/5699/a32101.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
- DOI
- 10.1088/0305-4470/36/21/301;
- PII
- S0305-4470(03)59760-8;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General
- Journal Volume
- 36
- Journal Issue
- 21
- Journal Page Range
- p. 5699-5706
- ISSN
- 0305-4470
- CODEN
- JPHAC5
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 34044241
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; MEASURING METHODS; SCALE MODELS; SCALING; SPIN GLASS STATE
- Descriptors DEC
- MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; STRUCTURAL MODELS