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Dynamical scaling analysis of phase transition and critical properties for the RP^{2} model in two dimensions
Yukiyasu Ozeki1, Atsuyuki Matsuda1, Yuki Echinaka1
1Department of Engineering Science, Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu-shi, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan.
Abstract:
The phase transition and critical properties for the RP^{2} model in two dimensions is investigated by means of the nonequilibrium relaxation method (NER) together with the dynamical scaling analysis. The relaxation of nematic order from the all-aligned state is observed by Monte Carlo simulations. The comparison of types of the asymptotic form of the relaxation time around the transition point is considered by the dynamical scaling analysis, which clearly discriminates the Kosterlitz-Thouless (KT)-type transition from the second-order one. Using the relaxation of fluctuation, the static critical exponent η and the dynamical one z, which are only the intrinsic exponents for the KT transition, are estimated at and below the KT transition temperature. The result shows similar behaviors with those observed in the KT phase for the ferromagnetic XY model in two dimensions, which has been recognized as a typical KT system, and reveals the confirmation of the present KT transition.
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