EPL

Issue		Europhys. Lett. Volume 37, Number 7, March 1997
Page(s)		489 - 492
Section		Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic and optical properties
DOI		10.1209/epl/i1997-00177-6

Comment on "Finite-size scaling of the 5D Ising model" DOI: 10.1209/epl/i1997-00177-6

Europhys. Lett, 37 (7), pp. 489-491 (1997)

Comment on "Finite-size scaling of the 5D Ising model"

E. Luijten

Department of Physics, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5046, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands

(received 28 August 1996; accepted 24 January 1997)

PACS. 05.50 - Lattice theory and statistics; Ising problems.
PACS. 05.70Jk - Critical point phenomena.
PACS. 64.60 - General studies of phase transitions.

Abstract:

In a recent letter [], Mon addresses the disagreement between a renormalization prediction [] and Monte Carlo (MC) analyses of the critical value of the Binder cumulant in the five-dimensional Ising model. Whereas there is firm evidence supporting his overall conclusion, namely that the discrepancy can be explained by strong finite-size corrections [], there is no such evidence for Mon's identification of the nature of this correction. This is highly relevant for the discussion of this problem, because neglecting the dominant correction to scaling can evidently explain the incorrect conclusions drawn from previous simulations.

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