Multiparameter universality and directional nonuniversality of exact anisotropic critical correlation functions of the two-dimensional Ising universality class

Abstract

We prove the validity of multiparameter universality for the exact critical bulk correlation functions of the anisotropic square-lattice and triangular-lattice Ising models on the basis of the exact scaling structure of the correlation function of the two-dimensional anisotropic scalar $\varphi^4$ model with four nonuniversal parameters. The correlation functions exhibit a directional nonuniversality due to principal axes whose orientation depends on microscopic details. In particular we determine the exact anisotropy matrices governing the bulk and finite-size critical behavior of the $\varphi^4$ and Ising models. We also prove the validity of multiparameter universality for an exact critical bulk amplitude relation.