The dimer model on the triangular lattice

We analyze the partition function of the dimer model on an $$\mathcal{M}$ \times $\mathcal{N}$$ triangular lattice wrapped on torus obtained by Fendley, Moessner and Sondhi [Phys. Rev. B $\mathbf{\text{66}}$, 214513 (2002)]. From a finite-size analysis we have found that the dimer model on such a lattice can be described by conformal field theory having central charge $c=1$. The shift exponent for the specific heat is found to depend on the parity of the number of lattice sites $\mathcal{N}$ along a given lattice axis: e.g., for odd $\mathcal{N}$ we obtain the shift exponent $\lambda =1$, while for even $\mathcal{N}$ it is infinite ($\lambda =\mathrm{\infty }$). In the former case, therefore, the finite-size specific-heat pseudocritical point is size dependent, while in the latter case, it coincides with the critical point of the thermodynamic limit.