437 research outputs found
Critical region of the random bond Ising model
We describe results of the cluster algorithm Special Purpose Processor
simulations of the 2D Ising model with impurity bonds. Use of large lattices,
with the number of spins up to , permitted to define critical region of
temperatures, where both finite size corrections and corrections to scaling are
small. High accuracy data unambiguously show increase of magnetization and
magnetic susceptibility effective exponents and , caused by
impurities. The and singularities became more sharp, while the
specific heat singularity is smoothed. The specific heat is found to be in a
good agreement with Dotsenko-Dotsenko theoretical predictions in the whole
critical range of temperatures.Comment: 11 pages, 16 figures (674 KB) by request to authors:
[email protected] or [email protected], LITP-94/CP-0
Effect of Random Impurities on Fluctuation-Driven First Order Transitions
We analyse the effect of quenched uncorrelated randomness coupling to the
local energy density of a model consisting of N coupled two-dimensional Ising
models. For N>2 the pure model exhibits a fluctuation-driven first order
transition, characterised by runaway renormalisation group behaviour. We show
that the addition of weak randomness acts to stabilise these flows, in such a
way that the trajectories ultimately flow back towards the pure decoupled Ising
fixed point, with the usual critical exponents alpha=0, nu=1, apart from
logarithmic corrections. We also show by examples that, in higher dimensions,
such transitions may either become continuous or remain first order in the
presence of randomness.Comment: 13 pp., LaTe
Replica Symmetry Breaking and the Renormalization Group Theory of the Weakly Disordered Ferromagnet
We study the critical properties of the weakly disordered -component
ferromagnet in terms of the renormalization group (RG) theory generalized to
take into account the replica symmetry breaking (RSB) effects coming from the
multiple local minima solutions of the mean-field equations. It is shown that
for the traditional RG flows at dimensions , which are
usually considered as describing the disorder-induced universal critical
behavior, are unstable with respect to the RSB potentials as found in spin
glasses. It is demonstrated that for a general type of the Parisi RSB
structures there exists no stable fixed points, and the RG flows lead to the
{\it strong coupling regime} at the finite scale , where
is the small parameter describing the disorder. The physical concequences
of the obtained RG solutions are discussed. In particular, we argue, that
discovered RSB strong coupling phenomena indicate on the onset of a new spin
glass type critical behaviour in the temperature interval near . Possible relevance of the considered RSB effects for
the Griffith phase is also discussed.Comment: 32 pages, Late
The Unusual Universality of Branching Interfaces in Random Media
We study the criticality of a Potts interface by introducing a {\it froth}
model which, unlike its SOS Ising counterpart, incorporates bubbles of
different phases. The interface is fractal at the phase transition of a pure
system. However, a position space approximation suggests that the probability
of loop formation vanishes marginally at a transition dominated by {\it strong
random bond disorder}. This implies a linear critical interface, and provides a
mechanism for the conjectured equivalence of critical random Potts and Ising
models.Comment: REVTEX, 13 pages, 3 Postscript figures appended using uufile
Critical behavior of disordered systems with replica symmetry breaking
A field-theoretic description of the critical behavior of weakly disordered
systems with a -component order parameter is given. For systems of an
arbitrary dimension in the range from three to four, a renormalization group
analysis of the effective replica Hamiltonian of the model with an interaction
potential without replica symmetry is given in the two-loop approximation. For
the case of the one-step replica symmetry breaking, fixed points of the
renormalization group equations are found using the Pade-Borel summing
technique. For every value , the threshold dimensions of the system that
separate the regions of different types of the critical behavior are found by
analyzing those fixed points. Specific features of the critical behavior
determined by the replica symmetry breaking are described. The results are
compared with those obtained by the -expansion and the scope of the
method applicability is determined.Comment: 18 pages, 2 figure
Non-perturbative phenomena in the three-dimensional random field Ising model
The systematic approach for the calculations of the non-perturbative
contributions to the free energy in the ferromagnetic phase of the random field
Ising model is developed. It is demonstrated that such contributions appear due
to localized in space instanton-like excitations. It is shown that away from
the critical region such instanton solutions are described by the set of the
mean-field saddle-point equations for the replica vector order parameter, and
these equations can be formally reduced to the only saddle-point equation of
the pure system in dimensions (D-2). In the marginal case, D=3, the
corresponding non-analytic contribution is computed explicitly. Nature of the
phase transition in the three-dimensional random field Ising model is
discussed.Comment: 12 page
On Vertex Operator Construction of Quantum Affine Algebras
We describe the construction of the quantum deformed affine Lie algebras
using the vertex operators in the free field theory. We prove the Serre
relations for the quantum deformed Borel subalgebras of affine algebras, namely
the case of is considered in detail. We provide some
formulas for generators of affine algebra.Comment: LaTeX, 9 pages; typos corrected, references adde
On chaos in mean field spin glasses
We study the correlations between two equilibrium states of SK spin glasses
at different temperatures or magnetic fields. The question, presiously
investigated by Kondor and Kondor and V\'egs\"o, is approached here
constraining two copies of the same system at different external parameters to
have a fixed overlap. We find that imposing an overlap different from the
minimal one implies an extensive cost in free energy. This confirms by a
different method the Kondor's finding that equilibrium states corresponding to
different values of the external parameters are completely uncorrelated. We
also consider the Generalized Random Energy Model of Derrida as an example of
system with strong correlations among states at different temperatures.Comment: 19 pages, Late
Numerical study on Schramm-Loewner Evolution in nonminimal conformal field theories
The Schramm-Loewner evolution (SLE) is a powerful tool to describe fractal
interfaces in 2D critical statistical systems. Yet the application of SLE is
well established for statistical systems described by quantum field theories
satisfying only conformal invariance, the so called minimal conformal field
theories (CFTs). We consider interfaces in Z(N) spin models at their self-dual
critical point for N=4 and N=5. These lattice models are described in the
continuum limit by non-minimal CFTs where the role of a Z_N symmetry, in
addition to the conformal one, should be taken into account. We provide
numerical results on the fractal dimension of the interfaces which are SLE
candidates for non-minimal CFTs. Our results are in excellent agreement with
some recent theoretical predictions.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, v2: typos corrected, published versio
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