Finite-Size Effects in Disordered $\lambda\phi^{4}$ Model
Abstract
We discuss finite-size effects in one disordered model defined in a -dimensional Euclidean space. We consider that the scalar field satisfies periodic boundary conditions in one dimension and it is coupled with a quenched random field. In order to obtain the average value of the free energy of the system we use the replica method. We first discuss finite-size effects in the one-loop approximation in and . We show that in both cases there is a critical length where the system develop a second-order phase transition, when the system presents long-range correlations with power-law decay. Next, we improve the above result studying the gap equation for the size- dependent squared mass, using the composite field operator method. We obtain again, that the system present a second order phase transition with long-range correlation with power-law decay.
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@article{arxiv.1510.02038,
title = {Finite-Size Effects in Disordered $\lambda\phi^{4}$ Model},
author = {R. Acosta Diaz and N. F. Svaiter},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.02038},
year = {2016}
}
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19 pages, 4 figures