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Magnetic critical behavior of fractals in dimensions between 2 and 3
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Magnetic critical behavior of fractals in dimensions between 2 and 3

P.-Y. Hsiao, P. Monceau and M. Perreau
Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol.62(21), pp.13856-13859
01/12/2000

Abstract

We report the critical exponent values of the Ising model, ν -1 , γ/ν, and β/ν, and the critical temperatures of three Sierpínski fractals with Hausdorff dimensions d f equal to 2.966, 2.904, and 2.631. The results are calculated from finite-size scaling analysis by Monte Carlo simulations. They are precise enough to show that the hyperscaling relation d f = 2β/ν+ γ/ν is satisfied. Furthermore, the discrepancy between the values provided by ∈ expansions and by Monte Carlo simulations shows that the critical behavior of fractals cannot be fully understood in the framework of strong universality.

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