On the role of Fourier modes in finite-size scaling above the upper critical dimension

Abstract

Renormalization-group theory stands, since over 40 years, as one of the pillars of modern physics. As such, there should be no remaining doubt regarding its validity. However, finite-size scaling, which derives from it, has long been poorly understood above the upper critical dimension $d_c$ in models with free boundary conditions. Besides its fundamental significance for scaling theories, the issue is important at a practical level because finite-size, statistical-physics systems, with free boundaries above $d_c$, are experimentally accessible with long-range interactions. Here we address the roles played by Fourier modes for such systems and show that the current phenomenological picture is not supported for all thermodynamic observables either with free or periodic boundaries. Instead, the correct picture emerges from a sector of the renormalization group hitherto considered unphysical.

10 pages, 2 figures

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