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Surface critical behavior in fixed dimensions $d<4$: Nonanalyticity of critical surface enhancement and massive field theory approach

Condensed Matter 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

The critical behavior of semi-infinite systems in fixed dimensions d<4d<4 is investigated theoretically. The appropriate extension of Parisi's massive field theory approach is presented.Two-loop calculations and subsequent Pad\'e-Borel analyses of surface critical exponents of the special and ordinary phase transitions yield estimates in reasonable agreement with recent Monte Carlo results. This includes the crossover exponent Φ(d=3)\Phi (d=3), for which we obtain the values Φ(n=1)0.54\Phi (n=1)\simeq 0.54 and Φ(n=0)0.52\Phi (n=0)\simeq 0.52, considerably lower than the previous ϵ\epsilon-expansion estimates.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9409064,
  title  = {Surface critical behavior in fixed dimensions $d<4$: Nonanalyticity of critical surface enhancement and massive field theory approach},
  author = {H. W. Diehl and M. Shpot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9409064},
  year   = {2009}
}

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