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Critical Phenomena in Continuous Dimension

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-10 v2 Statistical Mechanics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We present a calculation of critical phenomena directly in continuous dimension d employing an exact renormalization group equation for the effective average action. For an Ising-type scalar field theory we calculate the critical exponents nu(d) and eta(d) both from a lowest--order and a complete first--order derivative expansion of the effective average action. In particular, this can be used to study critical behavior as a function of dimensionality at fixed temperature.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0310213,
  title  = {Critical Phenomena in Continuous Dimension},
  author = {H. Ballhausen and J. Berges and C. Wetterich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0310213},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, 1 figure, PLB version, references added