Corrections to scaling in the 3D Ising model are studied based on non-perturbative analytical arguments and Monte Carlo (MC) simulation data for different lattice sizes L. Analytical arguments show the existence of corrections with the exponent (gamm
a-1)/nu (approximately 0.38), the leading correction-to-scaling exponent being omega =< (gamma-1)/nu. A numerical estimation of omega from the susceptibility data within 40 =< L =< 2048 yields omega=0.25(33). It is consistent with the statement omega =< (gamma-1)/nu, as well as with the value omega = 1/8 of the GFD theory. We reconsider the MC estimation of omega from smaller lattice sizes to show that it does not lead to conclusive results, since the obtained values of omega depend on the particular method chosen. In particular, estimates ranging from omega =1.274(72) to omega=0.18(37) are obtained by four different finite-size scaling methods, using MC data for thermodynamic average quantities, as well as for partition function zeros. We discuss the influence of omega on the estimation of exponents eta and nu.
Corrections to scaling in the two-dimensional scalar phi^4 model are studied based on non-perturbative analytical arguments and Monte Carlo (MC) simulation data for different lattice sizes L (from 4 to 1536) and different values of the phi^4 coupling
constant lambda, i.~e., lambda = 0.1, 1, 10. According to our analysis, amplitudes of the nontrivial correction terms with the correction-to-scaling exponents omega_l < 1 become small when approaching the Ising limit (lambda --> infinity), but such corrections generally exist in the 2D phi^4 model. Analytical arguments show the existence of corrections with the exponent 3/4. The numerical analysis suggests that there exist also corrections with the exponent 1/2 and, very likely, also corrections with the exponent about 1/4, which are detectable at lambda = 0.1. The numerical tests clearly show that the structure of corrections to scaling in the 2D phi^4 model differs from the usually expected one in the 2D Ising model.
Correlation functions in the O(n) models below the critical temperature are considered. Based on Monte Carlo (MC) data, we confirm the fact stated earlier by Engels and Vogt, that the transverse two-plane correlation function of the O(4) model for la
ttice sizes about L=120 and small external fields h is very well described by a Gaussian approximation. However, we show that fits of not lower quality are provided by certain non-Gaussian approximation. We have also tested larger lattice sizes, up to L=512. The Fourier-transformed transverse and longitudinal two-point correlation functions have Goldstone mode singularities in the thermodynamic limit at k --> 0 and h=+0, i.e., G_perp(k) = a k^{-lambda_perp} and G_parallel(k) = b k^{-lambda_parallel}, respectively. Here a and b are the amplitudes, k is the magnitude of the wave vector. The exponents lambda_perp, lambda_parallel and the ratio b M^2/a^2, where M is the spontaneous magnetization, are universal according to the GFD (grouping of Feynman diagrams) approach. Here we find that the universality follows also from the standard (Gaussian) theory, yielding b M^2/a^2 = (n-1)/16. Our MC estimates of this ratio are 0.06 +/- 0.01 for n=2, 0.17 +/- 0.01 for n=4 and 0.498 +/- 0.010 for n=10. According to these and our earlier MC results, the asymptotic behavior and Goldstone mode singularities are not exactly described by the standard theory. This is expected from the GFD theory. We have found appropriate analytic approximations for G_perp(k) and G_parallel(k), well fitting the simulation data for small k. We have used them to test the Patashinski--Pokrovski relation and have found that it holds approximately.
Monte Carlo (MC) analysis of the Goldstone mode singularities for the transverse and the longitudinal correlation functions, behaving as G_{perp}(k) simeq ak^{-lambda_{perp}} and G_{parallel}(k) simeq bk^{-lambda_{parallel}} in the ordered phase at k
-> 0, is performed in the three-dimensional O(n) models with n=2, 4, 10. Our aim is to test some challenging theoretical predictions, according to which the exponents lambda_{perp} and lambda_{parallel} are non-trivial (3/2<lambda_{perp}<2 and 0<lambda_{parallel}<1 in three dimensions) and the ratio bM^2/a^2 (where M is a spontaneous magnetization) is universal. The trivial standard-theoretical values are lambda_{perp}=2 and lambda_{parallel}=1. Our earlier MC analysis gives lambda_{perp}=1.955 pm 0.020 and lambda_{parallel} about 0.9 for the O(4) model. A recent MC estimation of lambda_{parallel}, assuming corrections to scaling of the standard theory, yields lambda_{parallel} = 0.69 pm 0.10 for the O(2) model. Currently, we have performed a similar MC estimation for the O(10) model, yielding lambda_{perp} = 1.9723(90). We have observed that the plot of the effective transverse exponent for the O(4) model is systematically shifted down with respect to the same plot for the O(10) model by Delta lambda_{perp} = 0.0121(52). It is consistent with the idea that 2-lambda_{perp} decreases for large $n$ and tends to zero at n -> infty. We have also verified and confirmed the expected universality of bM^2/a^2 for the O(4) model, where simulations at two different temperatures (couplings) have been performed.
