Cluster-size heterogeneity in the two-dimensional Ising model

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2012 Sep;86(3 Pt 1):032103. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.86.032103. Epub 2012 Sep 10.

Abstract

We numerically investigate the heterogeneity in cluster sizes in the two-dimensional Ising model and verify its scaling form recently proposed in the context of percolation problems [Phys. Rev. E 84, 010101(R) (2011)]. The scaling exponents obtained via the finite-size scaling analysis are shown to be consistent with theoretical values of the fractal dimension d(f) and the Fisher exponent τ for the cluster distribution. We also point out that strong finite-size effects exist due to the geometric nature of the cluster-size heterogeneity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't