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Some aspects of the nonperturbative renormalization of the phi^4 model

Statistical Mechanics 2010-04-13 v2

Abstract

A nonperturbative renormalization of the phi^4 model is considered. First we integrate out only a single pair of conjugated modes with wave vectors +/- q. Then we are looking for the RG equation which would describe the transformation of the Hamiltonian under the integration over a shell Lambda - d Lambda < k < Lambda, where d Lambda -> 0. We show that the known Wegner--Houghton equation is consistent with the assumption of a simple superposition of the integration results for +/- q. The renormalized action can be expanded in powers of the phi^4 coupling constant u in the high temperature phase at u -> 0. We compare the expansion coefficients with those exactly calculated by the diagrammatic perturbative method, and find some inconsistency. It causes a question in which sense the Wegner-Houghton equation is really exact.

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@article{arxiv.0704.0142,
  title  = {Some aspects of the nonperturbative renormalization of the phi^4 model},
  author = {J. Kaupuzs},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.0142},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

11 pages, no figures. This version is consistent with the accepted (now published) paper.