We study the two-dimensional fully frustrated XY (FFXY) model and two related models, a discretization of the Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson Hamiltonian for the critical modes of the FFXY model and a coupled Ising-XY model, by means of Monte Carlo simulations on square lattices L-2, L less than or similar to 10(3). We show that their phase diagram is characterized by two very close chiral and spin transitions, at T-ch> T-sp respectively, of the Ising and Kosterlitz-Thouless type. At T-ch the Ising regime sets in only after a preasymptotic regime, which appears universal to some extent. The approach is nonmonotonic for most observables, with a wide region controlled by an effective exponent nu(eff)approximate to 0.8.

Transitions and crossover phenomena in fully frustrated XY systems

VICARI, ETTORE
2005-01-01

Abstract

We study the two-dimensional fully frustrated XY (FFXY) model and two related models, a discretization of the Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson Hamiltonian for the critical modes of the FFXY model and a coupled Ising-XY model, by means of Monte Carlo simulations on square lattices L-2, L less than or similar to 10(3). We show that their phase diagram is characterized by two very close chiral and spin transitions, at T-ch> T-sp respectively, of the Ising and Kosterlitz-Thouless type. At T-ch the Ising regime sets in only after a preasymptotic regime, which appears universal to some extent. The approach is nonmonotonic for most observables, with a wide region controlled by an effective exponent nu(eff)approximate to 0.8.
2005
Hasenbusch, M; Pelissetto, A; Vicari, Ettore
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