Measurement of the critical exponent for compact U(1) gauge theory on a four-dimensional lattice
- 1 December 1981
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear Physics
- Vol. 7 (12) , L279-L281
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4616/7/12/003
Abstract
The critical exponent for compact U(1) gauge theory is calculated by examining the specific heat on 44, 54 and 64 lattices. The height of the specific heat at the critical temperature as a function of the lattice size yields a critical exponent of 0.32.Keywords
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