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1Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Hochschule Aachen, D-52056 Aachen, Germany.
Abstract:
We analyze finite-size effects in a L(d) geometry above the upper critical dimension d=4 within the O(n) symmetric straight phi(4) theory on the basis of exact results for n-->infinity and one-loop results for n=1. We show that finite-size effects of the straight phi(4) continuum theory with a smooth (rather than sharp) cutoff belong to the same universality class as those of the straight phi(4) lattice theory. Our analysis predicts both universal and nonuniversal features of finite-size effects and resolves long-standing discrepancies in earlier analyses of Monte Carlo (MC) data for the d=5 Ising model. Our estimates of two fundamental length scales xi(0) and l(0) are confirmed by very recent MC data.
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