English

Surprises in the $O(N)$ models: nonperturbative fixed points, large $N$ limit and multi-criticality

Statistical Mechanics 2017-11-15 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We find that the multicritical fixed point structure of the O(NN) models is much more complicated than widely believed. In particular, we find new nonperturbative fixed points in three dimensions (d=3d=3) as well as at N=N=\infty. These fixed points come together with an intricate double-valued structure when they are considered as functions of dd and NN. Many features found for the O(NN) models are shared by the O(N)N)\otimesO(2) models relevant to frustrated magnetic systems.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1707.04383,
  title  = {Surprises in the $O(N)$ models: nonperturbative fixed points, large $N$ limit and multi-criticality},
  author = {Shunsuke Yabunaka and Bertrand Delamotte},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.04383},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett. 7 pages, 7 figures, we added a toy model to explain the double valued structure of $C_2$ and $T_2$ in Supplementary Material