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'''Universality classes''' are groups of [[Idealised models | models]] that have the same set of [[critical exponents]]
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|-  
|-  
| dimension ||<math>\alpha</math> || <math>\beta</math> || <math>\gamma</math> || <math>\delta</math> ||<math>\nu</math> || <math>\eta</math> || class
| <math>d</math> || <math>n</math> || <math>\sigma</math> || name
|-  
|-  
|  ||   ||  || || ||  || || 3-state Potts
|  ||   ||  || 3-state Potts
|-  
|-  
|  ||  ||   || || || ||  ||Ashkin-Teller
|  ||  ||   ||Ashkin-Teller
|-  
|-  
|  || ||    || || || || ||Chiral
|  ||   ||   ||Chiral
|-  
|-  
|  ||  ||   || || || ||  ||Directed percolation
|  ||  ||   ||Directed percolation
|-  
|-  
| 2 ||  0 || 1/8 || 7/4 || || 1  || 1/4  || 2D Ising
|  ||   ||   ||Ising
|-  
|-  
| 3 ||  0.1096(5)  || 0.32653(10)  ||  1.2373(2)    || 4.7893(8) ||  0.63012(16) || 0.03639(15) ||  3D Ising
| ||  ||   ||Local linear interface
|-  
|-  
|  ||   ||    || || || ||  ||Local linear interface
|  ||   ||  ||Mean-field
|-  
|-  
| any |0 || 1/2   || 1  || 3 || 1/2 || 0 || Mean-field
|  ||  ||   ||Molecular beam epitaxy
|-  
|-  
|  ||  ||    || || || ||  ||Molecular beam epitaxy
|  ||  ||  ||Random-field
|-
|  ||  ||  ||  || || ||  ||Random-field
|-
| 3 ||  −0.0146(8) || 0.3485(2)  ||  1.3177(5) || 4.780(2)  ||0.67155(27)  || 0.0380(4) ||  XY
|}
|}
where
*<math>\alpha</math>  is known as  the [[Critical exponents#Heat capacity exponent| heat capacity exponent]] 
*<math>\beta</math>  is known as the  [[Critical exponents#Magnetic order parameter exponent | magnetic order parameter exponent]]
*<math>\gamma</math> is known as  the [[Critical exponents#Susceptibility exponent |susceptibility exponent ]]
*<math>\delta</math> is known as  the [[Critical exponents#Equation of state exponent |equation of state exponent ]]
*<math>\nu</math> is known as the [[Critical exponents#Correlation length | correlation length exponent]]
*<math>\eta</math> is known as the anomalous dimension in the critical correlation function.
=Derivations=
==3-state Potts==
==3-state Potts==
[[Potts model]]
==Ashkin-Teller==
==Ashkin-Teller==
[[Ashkin-Teller model]]
==Chiral==
==Chiral==
==Directed percolation==
==Directed percolation==
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In two dimensions, Onsager obtained the exact solution in the absence of a external field, and the [[critical exponents]] are
In two dimensions, Onsager obtained the exact solution in the absence of a external field, and the [[critical exponents]] are
 
<math>
:<math>
\alpha=0
\alpha=0
</math>
</math>
(In fact, the [[Heat capacity |specific heat]] diverges logarithmically with the [[Critical points |critical temperature]])
(In fact, the [[Heat capacity |specific heat]] diverges logarithmically with the [[Critical points |critical temperature]])


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\delta=15
\delta=15
</math>
</math>
along with <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.180.594 Michael E. Fisher "Rigorous Inequalities for Critical-Point Correlation Exponents", Physical Review '''180''' pp. 594-600 (1969)]</ref>:
:<math>
\nu=1
</math>
:<math>
\eta = 1/4
</math>
In three dimensions, the critical exponents are not known exactly. However, [[Monte Carlo | Monte Carlo simulations]] and  [[Renormalisation group]] analysis provide accurate estimates <ref name="Campostrini2002">[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.65.066127 Massimo Campostrini, Andrea Pelissetto, Paolo Rossi, and Ettore Vicari "25th-order high-temperature expansion results for three-dimensional Ising-like systems on the simple-cubic lattice", Physical Review E '''65''' 066127 (2002)]</ref>:
:<math>
\nu=0.63012(16)
</math>
:<math>
\alpha=0.1096(5)
</math>
:<math>
\beta= 0.32653(10)
</math>
:<math>
\gamma=1.2373(2)
</math>
:<math>
\delta=4.7893(8)
</math>
:<math>
\eta =0.03639(15)
</math>
with a critical temperature of <math>k_BT_c = 4.51152786~S </math><ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/29/17/042 A. L. Talapov and H. W. J Blöte "The magnetization of the 3D Ising model", Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General '''29''' pp. 5727-5733 (1996)]</ref>. In four and higher dimensions, the critical exponents are mean-field with logarithmic corrections.


==Local linear interface==
==Local linear interface==
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====Susceptibility exponent: <math>\gamma</math>====
====Susceptibility exponent: <math>\gamma</math>====
(final result: <math>\gamma=1</math>)
(final result: <math>\gamma=1</math>)
====Equation of state exponent: <math>\delta</math>====
 
(final result: <math>\delta=3</math>)
====Correlation length exponent: <math>\nu</math>====
(final result: <math>\nu=1/2</math>)
====Correlation function exponent: <math>\eta</math>====
(final result: <math>\eta=0</math>)
==Molecular beam epitaxy==
==Molecular beam epitaxy==
==See also==
*[[Critical exponents]]
==Random-field==
==Random-field==
==XY==
For the three dimensional [[XY model]] one has the following [[critical exponents]]<ref name="Campostrini2001" >[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.63.214503  Massimo Campostrini, Martin Hasenbusch, Andrea Pelissetto, Paolo Rossi, and Ettore Vicari "Critical behavior of the three-dimensional XY universality class" Physical Review B  '''63''' 214503 (2001)]</ref>:
:<math>
\nu=0.67155(27)
</math>
:<math>\alpha = -0.0146(8)</math>
:<math>
\beta= 0.3485(2)
</math>
:<math>
\gamma=1.3177(5)
</math>
:<math>
\delta=4.780(2)
</math>
:<math>
\eta =0.0380(4)
</math>
=References=
<references/>
[[category: Renormalisation group]]
[[category: Renormalisation group]]
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