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Two-loop Functional Renormalization Group of the Random Field and Random Anisotropy O(N) Models

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-11 v3 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

Abstract

We study by the perturbative Functional Renormalization Group (FRG) the Random Field and Random Anisotropy O(N) models near d=4d=4, the lower critical dimension of ferromagnetism. The long-distance physics is controlled by zero-temperature fixed points at which the renormalized effective action is nonanalytic. We obtain the beta functions at 2-loop order, showing that despite the nonanalytic character of the renormalized effective action, the theory is perturbatively renormalizable at this order. The physical results obtained at 2-loop level, most notably concerning the breakdown of dimensional reduction at the critical point and the stability of quasi-long range order in d<4d<4, are shown to fit into the picture predicted by our recent non-perturbative FRG approach.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0606698,
  title  = {Two-loop Functional Renormalization Group of the Random Field and Random Anisotropy O(N) Models},
  author = {Matthieu Tissier and Gilles Tarjus},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0606698},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

19 pages, 20 figures. Minor corrections