Monte Carlo Study of Topological Defects in the 3D Heisenberg Model

Abstract

We use single-cluster Monte Carlo simulations to study the role of topological defects in the three-dimensional classical Heisenberg model on simple cubic lattices of size up to $80^3$. By applying reweighting techniques to time series generated in the vicinity of the approximate infinite volume transition point $K_c$, we obtain clear evidence that the temperature derivative of the average defect density $d⟨n⟩/dT$ behaves qualitatively like the specific heat, i.e., both observables are finite in the infinite volume limit. This is in contrast to results by Lau and Dasgupta [{\em Phys. Rev.\/} {\bf B39} (1989) 7212] who extrapolated a divergent behavior of $d⟨n⟩/dT$ at $K_c$ from simulations on lattices of size up to $16^3$. We obtain weak evidence that $d⟨n⟩/dT$ scales with the same critical exponent as the specific heat.As a byproduct of our simulations, we obtain a very accurate estimate for the ratio $\alpha /\nu$ of the specific-heat exponent with the correlation-length exponent from a finite-size scaling analysis of the energy.

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