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Microcanonical Finite-Size Scaling

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In the microcanonical ensemble, suitably defined observables show nonanalyticities and power-law behavior even for finite systems. For these observables, a microcanonical finite-size scaling theory is established and combined with the experimentally observed power-law behavior. Scaling laws are obtained which relate exponents of the finite system and critical exponents of the infinite system to the system-size dependence of the affiliated microcanonical observables.

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058, Erlangen, Germany

    Michael Kastner, Michael Promberger & Alfred Hüller

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Kastner, M., Promberger, M. & Hüller, A. Microcanonical Finite-Size Scaling. Journal of Statistical Physics 99, 1251–1264 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018636705716

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