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Extraordinary transition in the two-dimensional O(n) model

dc.contributor.authorBatchelor, Murray T.en
dc.contributor.authorCardy, Johnen
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-01T10:42:57Z
dc.date.available2026-01-01T10:42:57Z
dc.date.issued1997-12-01en
dc.description.abstractThe extraordinary transition which occurs in the two-dimensional O(n) model for n < 1 at sufficiently enhanced surface couplings is studied by conformal perturbation theory about infinite coupling and by finite-size scaling of the spectrum of the transfer matrix of a simple lattice model. Unlike the case of n ≥ 1 in higher dimensions, the surface critical behaviour differs from that occurring when fixed boundary conditions are imposed. In fact, all the surface scaling dimensions are equal to those already found for the ordinary transition, with, however, an interesting reshuffling of the corresponding eigenvalues between different sectors of the transfer matrix.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors thank A. Owczarek for useful comments. This work was begun while J.C. was a visitor at ANU under the Mathematical Sciences Research Visitors Program. It was continued while M.B. was a visitor at Oxford under the Australian Academy of Science/Royal Society Exchange Scheme, and completed while J.C. was a visitor at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara. The work of M.B. has also been supported by the Australian Research Council, and of J.C. by the EPSRC through Grant GR/J78327, and the NSF through Grant PHY94-07194.en
dc.description.statusPeer-revieweden
dc.format.extent12en
dc.identifier.issn0550-3213en
dc.identifier.otherORCID:/0000-0001-6742-0518/work/162950034en
dc.identifier.scopus0031498055en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1885/733799994
dc.language.isoenen
dc.sourceNuclear Physics Ben
dc.titleExtraordinary transition in the two-dimensional O(n) modelen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dspace.entity.typePublicationen
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage564en
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage553en
local.contributor.affiliationBatchelor, Murray T.; Mathematical Sciences Institute Research, Mathematical Sciences Institute, ANU College of Systems and Society, The Australian National Universityen
local.contributor.affiliationCardy, John; Theoretical Physicsen
local.identifier.citationvolume506en
local.identifier.doi10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00533-6en
local.identifier.pure6b15aa5d-2f08-487e-8064-ab30dbf4b5afen
local.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0031498055en
local.type.statusPublisheden

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