Columnar order and Ashkin-Teller criticality in mixtures of hard-squares and dimers

Abstract

We show that critical exponents of the transition to columnar order in a {\em mixture} of $2\times 1$ dimers and $2\times 2$ hard-squares on the square lattice {\em depends on the composition of the mixture} in exactly the manner predicted by the theory of Ashkin-Teller criticality, including in the hard-square limit. This result settles the question regarding the nature of the transition in the hard-square lattice gas. It also provides the first example of a polydisperse system whose critical properties depend on composition. Our ideas also lead to some interesting predictions for a class of frustrated quantum magnets that exhibit columnar ordering of the bond-energies at low temperature.

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