Corrections to finite-size scaling in the 3D Ising model based on nonperturbative approaches and Monte Carlo simulations

Abstract

Corrections to scaling in the 3D Ising model are studied based on nonperturbative analytical arguments and Monte Carlo (MC) simulation data for different lattice sizes [Formula: see text]. Analytical arguments show the existence of corrections with the exponent [Formula: see text], the leading correction-to-scaling exponent being [Formula: see text]. A numerical estimation of [Formula: see text] from the susceptibility data within [Formula: see text] yields [Formula: see text], in agreement with this statement. We reconsider the MC estimation of [Formula: see text] from smaller lattice sizes, [Formula: see text], using different finite-size scaling methods, and show that these sizes are still too small, since no convergence to the same result is observed. In particular, estimates ranging from [Formula: see text] to [Formula: see text] are obtained, using MC data for thermodynamic average quantities, as well as for partition function zeros. However, a trend toward smaller [Formula: see text] values is observed in one of these cases in a refined estimation from extended data up to [Formula: see text]. We discuss the influence of [Formula: see text] on the estimation of critical exponents [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text].