G. Ramirezsantiago et Jv. Jose, CRITICAL EXPONENTS OF THE FULLY FRUSTRATED 2-DIMENSIONAL XY MODEL, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 49(14), 1994, pp. 9567-9582
We present a detailed study of the critical properties of the two-dime
nsional (2D) XY model with maximal frustration in a square lattice. We
use extensive Monte Carlo simulations to study the thermodynamics of
the spin and chiral degrees of freedom, concentrating on their correla
tion functions. The gauge-invariant spin-spin correlation functions ar
e calculated close to the critical point for lattice sizes up to 240 X
240, the chiral correlation functions are studied on lattices up to 9
6 X 96. We find that the critical exponents of the spin-phase transiti
on are nu = 0. 3069 and eta = 0.1915, which are to be compared with th
e unfrustrated XY model exponents nu = 1/2 and eta = 0.25. We also fin
d that the critical exponents of the chiral transition are nu(chi) = 0
.875, 2beta = 0.1936, 2gamma' = 1.82, and 2gamma' = 1.025, which are d
ifferent from the expected 2D Ising critical exponents. The spin-phase
transition occurs at T(U(1)) = 0.446, which is about 7% above the est
imated chiral critical temperature T(Z2) = 0.4206. However, because of
the size of the statistical errors, it is difficult to decide with ce
rtainty whether the transitions occur at the same or at slightly diffe
rent temperatures. Finally, the jump in the helicity modulus in the fu
lly frustrated system is found to be about 23% below the unfrustrated
universal value. The most important consequence of these results is th
at the fully frustrated XY model appears to be in a novel universality
class. Recent successful comparisons of some of these results with ex
perimental data are also briefly discussed.