Monte Carlo Renormalization Flows in the Space of Relevant and Irrelevant Operators: Application to Three-Dimensional Clock Models

Abstract

We present a way to visualize and quantify renormalization group flows in a space of observables computed using Monte Carlo simulations. We apply the method to classical three-dimensional clock models, i.e., the planar (XY) spin model perturbed by a $Z_q$ symmetric anisotropy field. The method performs significantly better than standard techniques for determining the scaling dimension $y_q$ of the $Z_q$ field at the critical point if it is irrelevant ($q\ge 4$). Furthermore, we analyze all stages of the complex renormalization flow, including the cross-over from the U(1) Nambu-Goldstone fixed point to the ultimate $Z_q$ symmetry-breaking fixed point due to the relevance of the $Z_q$ field inside the ordered phase. We expect our method to be particularly useful in the context of quantum-critical points with inherent dangerously irrelevant operators that cannot be tuned away microscopically but whose renormalization flows can be analyzed exactly as we do here for the clock models.

arXiv comment5 pages, 6 figures + 5 pages, 6 figures in supplemental material

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