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On superuniversality in the $q$-state Potts model with quenched disorder

Statistical Mechanics 2017-12-19 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We obtain the exact scale invariant scattering solutions for two-dimensional field theories with replicated permutational symmetry Sq\mathbb{S}_q. After sending to zero the number of replicas they correspond to the renormalization group fixed points of the qq-state Potts model with quenched disorder. We find that all solutions with non-zero disorder possess qq-independent sectors, pointing to superuniversality (i.e. symmetry independence) of some critical exponents. The solution corresponding to the random bond ferromagnet, for which disorder vanishes as q2q\to 2, allows for superuniversality of the correlation length exponent ν\nu [PRL 118 (2017) 250601]. Of the two solutions which are strongly disordered for all values of qq, one is completely qq-independent and accounts for the zero-temperature percolation fixed point of the randomly bond diluted ferromagnet. The other is the main candidate to describe the Nishimori-like fixed point of the Potts model with ±J\pm J disorder, and leaves room for superuniversality of the magnetic exponent η\eta, a possibility not yet excluded by available numerical data.

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@article{arxiv.1709.00364,
  title  = {On superuniversality in the $q$-state Potts model with quenched disorder},
  author = {Gesualdo Delfino and Elena Tartaglia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.00364},
  year   = {2017}
}

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19 pages, 4 figures; comments and references added, published version