A Monte Carlo study of leading order scaling corrections of phi^4 theory on a three dimensional lattice

Abstract

We present a Monte Carlo study of the one-component $\phi^4$ model on the cubic lattice in three dimensions. Leading order scaling corrections are studied using the finite size scaling method. We compute the corrections to scaling exponent $\omega$ with high precision. We determine the value of the coupling $\lambda$ at which leading order corrections to scaling vanish. Using this result we obtain estimates for critical exponents that are more precise than those obtained with field theoretic methods.