Boundary conditions and universal finite-size scaling for the hierarchical |\varphi|^4 model in dimensions 4 and higher

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Authors Emmanuel Michta, Jiwoon Park, Gordon Slade

Publication date 1 June 2023

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory (60K35) Critical phenomena in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B27) Renormalization group methods in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B28)

Abstract: We analyse and clarify the finite-size scaling of the weakly-coupled hierarchical $n$-component $|varphi{|}^4$ model for all integers $nge1$ in all dimensions $dge4$, for both free and periodic boundary conditions. For $d>4$, we prove that for a volume of size $R^d$ with periodic boundary conditions the infinite-volume critical point is an effective finite-volume critical point, whereas for free boundary conditions the effective critical point is shifted smaller by an amount of order $R^{-2}$. For both boundary conditions, the average field has the same non-Gaussian limit within a critical window of width $R^{-d/2}$ around the effective critical point, and in that window we compute the universal scaling profile for the susceptibility. In contrast, and again for both boundary conditions, the average field has a massive Gaussian limit when above the effective critical point by an amount $R^{-2}$. In particular, at the infinite-volume critical point the susceptibility scales as $R^{d/2}$ for periodic boundary conditions and as $R^2$ for free boundary conditions. We identify a mass generation mechanism for free boundary conditions that is responsible for this distinction and which we believe has wider validity, in particular to Euclidean (non-hierarchical) models on $mathbb{Z}^d$ in dimensions $dge4$. For $d=4$ we prove a similar picture with logarithmic corrections. Our analysis is based on the rigorous renormalisation group method of Bauerschmidt, Brydges and Slade, which we improve and extend.

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