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Phys. Rev. E 58, R4060–R4063 (1998)

Nature of crossover from classical to Ising-like critical behavior

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Erik Luijten1,2,* and Kurt Binder2
1Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Postfach 3148, D-55021 Mainz, Germany
2Institut für Physik, WA 331, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, D-55099 Mainz, Germany

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Received 1 April 1998; published in the issue dated October 1998

We present an accurate numerical determination of the crossover from classical to Ising-like critical behavior upon approach of the critical point in three-dimensional systems. The possibility of varying the Ginzburg number in our simulations allows us to cover the entire crossover region. We employ these results to scrutinize several semiphenomenological crossover scaling functions that are widely used for the analysis of experimental results. In addition, we present strong evidence that the exponent relations do not hold between effective exponents.

© 1998 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.58.R4060
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.58.R4060
PACS:
64.60.Fr, 05.70.Fh, 75.10.Hk, 75.40.Cx

*Electronic address: luijten@lomond.physik.uni-mainz.de

See Also

Erratum: Erik Luijten and Kurt Binder, Erratum: Nature of crossover from classical to Ising-like critical behavior [Phys. Rev. E58, R4060 (1998)], Phys. Rev. E 59, 7254 (1999).