title: Universality and scaling study of the critical behavior of the two-dimensional Blume-Capel model in short-time dynamics.
abstract: In this paper we study the short-time behavior of the Blume-Capel model at the tricritical point as well as along the second order critical line. Dynamic and static exponents are estimated by exploring scaling relations for the magnetization and its moments at an early stage of the dynamic evolution. Our estimates for the dynamic exponents, at the tricritical point, are z=2.215(2) and theta=-0.53(2).
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física e Matemática, FFCLRP Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Bandeirantes 3900, CEP 014040-901 Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. rsilva@dfm.ffclrp.usp.br
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Nelson A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Drugowich de Felício