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Marginal dimensions for multicritical phase transitions

Statistical Mechanics 2012-12-27 v2

Abstract

The field-theoretical model describing multicritical phenomena with two coupled order parameters with n_{||} and n_{\perp} components and of O(n_{||}) \oplus O(n_{\perp}) symmetry is considered. Conditions for realization of different types of multicritical behaviour are studied within the field-theoretical renormalization group approach. Surfaces separating stability regions for certain types of multicritical behaviour in parametric space of order parameter dimensions and space dimension d are calculated using the two-loop renormalization group functions. Series for the order parameter marginal dimensions that control the crossover between different universality classes are extracted up to the fourth order in \varepsilon=4-d and to the fifth order in a pseudo-\varepsilon parameter using the known high-order perturbative expansions for isotropic and cubic models. Special attention is paid to a particular case of O(1) \oplus O(2) symmetric model relevant for description of anisotropic antiferromagnets in an external magnetic field.

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@article{arxiv.1206.3853,
  title  = {Marginal dimensions for multicritical phase transitions},
  author = {M. Dudka and R. Folk and Yu. Holovatch and G. Moser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.3853},
  year   = {2012}
}

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10 pages, 3 figures, Proceedings of 4-th Conference on Statistical Physics: Modern Trends and Applications, July 3-6, 2012 Lviv, Ukraine

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