3D Unoriented loop models and the $\mathrm{RP}^{n-1}$ sigma model

Abstract

We study a completely-packed loop model with crossings in a three-dimensional lattice and confirm it is described by $\mathrm{RP}^{n-1}$ sigma field theories. We use Monte Carlo simulations, with systems sizes up to $1800\times1800\times1800$, to obtain the critical exponents for a universality class with no previously reported estimates in the literature, namely the replica-like limit $n\rightarrow1$ of $\mathrm{RP}^{n-1}$ sigma field theory. Estimates of critical exponents include $\nu=0.918(5)$ and $\eta=-0.091(9)$. We also study the scaling dimension of the 4-leg watermelon correlators, particularly for $n=1$ we obtain the value $x_4=1.292(8)$.