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A Taroni¹, S T Bramwell, P C W Holdsworth

¹Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, UK.

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Area of Science:

Condensed matter physics
Statistical mechanics

Background:

Two-dimensional condensed matter systems exhibit diverse properties influenced by multiple length scales and chemical details.
Unifying the physical description of these systems presents a significant challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the distribution of experimentally estimated critical exponents, beta, characterizing ordering transitions in two-dimensional systems.
To reconcile discrepancies between experimental observations and established theories of critical phenomena.

Main Methods:

Analysis of experimentally estimated critical exponents.
Application of numerical and renormalization group arguments.
Theoretical investigation of universality classes, including the XY model with crystal field.

Main Results:

The distribution of critical exponents (beta) was found to be bimodal and bounded within the range of approximately 0.1 to 0.25.
Existing theories for certain universality classes, like the XY model with crystal field, predict exponents bounded only from below, contradicting experimental findings.
A theoretical framework was developed to explain the experimentally observed 'universal window' for critical exponents.

Conclusions:

The study resolves a contradiction between experimental data and theoretical predictions for critical exponents in two-dimensional condensed matter.
The observed 'universal window' for critical exponents arises from the interplay of marginal operators.
Findings advance the theoretical understanding of critical phenomena in complex condensed matter systems.