Abstract
A Monte Carlo method is used to study simple-cubic Ising lattices with periodic boundary conditions and free edges. For both types of boundary conditions the position of the specific-heat maximum varies for large as , where has the scaling value . Both the thermal and magnetic properties are shown to obey finite-size scaling. The free-edge data are shown to be consistent with a surface contribution described by the scaling exponents , , . Using the free-edge data we also consider corrections to scaling in the infinite lattice and discuss "rounding" in real systems in terms of surface contributions from grains.
- Received 22 January 1976
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.14.255
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