Abstract

A phenomenological dynamic scaling method is proposed and utilized to interpret finite-size effects in the time-dependent correlation function for the classical spin van der Waals model. We claim that the equations of motion for the classical spin van der Waals model are well defined only within a certain characteristic time. The order of magnitude for the size-dependent maximum time interval of the time-dependent correlation function, analytically obtained in the large N limit via the method of Laplace by Dekeyser and Lee, is found to be related to our characteristic time. As a by-product of this work, time scaling variables are found with which we can completely collapse the time-dependent correlation functions of the classical spin van der Waals model into one curve. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.

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