  The quantum rotors model can be regarded as an effective model for the
low-temperature behavior of the quantum Heisenberg antiferromagnets. Here, we
consider a $d$-dimensional model in the spherical approximation confined to a
general geometry of the form $L^{d-d'}\times\infty^{d'}\times L_{\tau}^{z}$ (
$L$-linear space size and $L_{\tau}$-temporal size) and subjected to periodic
boundary conditions. Due to the remarkable opportunity it offers for rigorous
study of finite-size effects at arbitrary dimensionality this model may play
the same role in quantum critical phenomena as the popular Berlin-Kac spherical
model in classical critical phenomena. Close to the zero-temperature quantum
critical point, the ideas of finite-size scaling are utilized to the fullest
extent for studying the critical behavior of the model. For different
dimensions $1<d<3$ and $0\leq d'\leq d$ a detailed analysis, in terms of the
special functions of classical mathematics, for the susceptibility and the
equation of state is given. Particular attention is paid to the two-dimensional
case.
