On the finite-temperature generalization of theC-theorem and the interplay between classical and quantum fluctuations

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/32/41/302MaRDI QIDQ4947828zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Nicholay S. Tonchev, Daniel M. Dantchev

Publication date 25 April 2000

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9806190

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10) Renormalization group methods in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B28)

Abstract: The behavior of the finite-temperature C-function, defined by Neto and Fradkin [Nucl. Phys. B {�f 400}, 525 (1993)], is analyzed within a d -dimensional exactly solvable lattice model, recently proposed by Vojta [Phys. Rev. B {�f 53}, 710 (1996)], which is of the same universality class as the quantum nonlinear O(n) sigma model in the limit $noinfty$. The scaling functions of C for the cases d=1 (absence of long-range order), d=2 (existence of a quantum critical point), d=4 (existence of a line of finite temperature critical points that ends up with a quantum critical point) are derived and analyzed. The locations of regions where C is monotonically increasing (which depend significantly on d) are exactly determined. The results are interpreted within the finite-size scaling theory that has to be modified for d=4. PACS number(s): 05.20.-y, 05.50.+q, 75.10.Hk, 75.10.Jm, 63.70.+h, 05.30-d, 02.30

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