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The critical behavior of frustrated spin models with noncollinear order

Statistical Mechanics 2009-10-31 v1 High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We study the critical behavior of frustrated spin models with noncollinear order, including stacked triangular antiferromagnets and helimagnets. For this purpose we compute the field-theoretic expansions at fixed dimension to six loops and determine their large-order behavior. For the physically relevant cases of two and three components, we show the existence of a new stable fixed point that corresponds to the conjectured chiral universality class. This contradicts previous three-loop field-theoretical results but is in agreement with experiments.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0007389,
  title  = {The critical behavior of frustrated spin models with noncollinear order},
  author = {Andrea Pelissetto and Paolo Rossi and Ettore Vicari},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0007389},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, RevTex