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Scale Invariance and Self-averaging in disordered systems
In a previous paper we found that in the random field Ising model at zero
temperature in three dimensions the correlation length is not self-averaging
near the critical point and that the violation of self-averaging is maximal.
This is due to the formation of bound states in the underlying field theory. We
present a similar study for the case of disordered Potts and Ising ferromagnets
in two dimensions near the critical temperature. In the random Potts model the
correlation length is not self-averaging near the critical temperature but the
violation of self-averaging is weaker than in the random field case. In the
random Ising model we find still weaker violations of self-averaging and we
cannot rule out the possibility of the restoration of self-averaging in the
infinite volume limit.Comment: 7 pages, 4 ps figure
Stability of critical behaviour of weakly disordered systems with respect to the replica symmetry breaking
A field-theoretic description of the critical behaviour of the weakly
disordered systems is given. Directly, for three- and two-dimensional systems a
renormalization analysis of the effective Hamiltonian of model with replica
symmetry breaking (RSB) potentials is carried out in the two-loop
approximation. For case with 1-step RSB the fixed points (FP's) corresponding
to stability of the various types of critical behaviour are identified with the
use of the Pade-Borel summation technique. Analysis of FP's has shown a
stability of the critical behaviour of the weakly disordered systems with
respect to RSB effects and realization of former scenario of disorder influence
on critical behaviour.Comment: 10 pages, RevTeX. Version 3 adds the functions for arbitrary
dimension of syste
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
The Wandering Exponent of a One-Dimensional Directed Polymer in a Random Potential with Finite Correlation Radius
We consider a one-dimensional directed polymer in a random potential which is
characterized by the Gaussian statistics with the finite size local
correlations. It is shown that the well-known Kardar's solution obtained
originally for a directed polymer with delta-correlated random potential can be
applied for the description of the present system only in the high-temperature
limit. For the low temperature limit we have obtained the new solution which is
described by the one-step replica symmetry breaking. For the mean square
deviation of the directed polymer of the linear size L it provides the usual
scaling with the wandering exponent z = 2/3 and the
temperature-independent prefactor.Comment: 14 pages, Late
Numerical Results For The 2D Random Bond 3-state Potts Model
We present results of a numerical simulation of the 3-state Potts model with
random bond, in two dimension. In particular, we measure the critical exponent
associated to the magnetization and the specific heat. We also compare these
exponents with recent analytical computations.Comment: 9 pages, latex, 3 Postscript figure
Critical behavior of the pure and random-bond two-dimensional triangular Ising ferromagnet
We investigate the effects of quenched bond randomness on the critical
properties of the two-dimensional ferromagnetic Ising model embedded in a
triangular lattice. The system is studied in both the pure and disordered
versions by the same efficient two-stage Wang-Landau method. In the first part
of our study we present the finite-size scaling behavior of the pure model, for
which we calculate the critical amplitude of the specific heat's logarithmic
expansion. For the disordered system, the numerical data and the relevant
detailed finite-size scaling analysis along the lines of the two well-known
scenarios - logarithmic corrections versus weak universality - strongly support
the field-theoretically predicted scenario of logarithmic corrections. A
particular interest is paid to the sample-to-sample fluctuations of the random
model and their scaling behavior that are used as a successful alternative
approach to criticality.Comment: 10 pages, 8 figures, slightly revised version as accepted for
publication in Phys. Rev.
Coupled Ising models with disorder
In this paper we study the phase diagram of two Ising planes coupled by a
standard spin-spin interaction with bond randomness in each plane. The whole
phase diagram is analyzed by help of Monte Carlo simulations and field theory
arguments.Comment: 9 pages and 3 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 the nature of the phase transition in the three-dimensional random field Ising model
A brief survey of the theoretical, numerical and experimental studies of the
random field Ising model during last three decades is given. Nature of the
phase transition in the three-dimensional RFIM with Gaussian random fields is
discussed. Using simple scaling arguments it is shown that if the strength of
the random fields is not too small (bigger than a certain threshold value) the
finite temperature phase transition in this system is equivalent to the
low-temperature order-disorder transition which takes place at variations of
the strength of the random fields. Detailed study of the zero-temperature phase
transition in terms of simple probabilistic arguments and modified mean-field
approach (which take into account nearest-neighbors spin-spin correlations) is
given. It is shown that if all thermally activated processes are suppressed the
ferromagnetic order parameter m(h) as the function of the strength of the
random fields becomes history dependent. In particular, the behavior of the
magnetization curves m(h) for increasing and for decreasing reveals the
hysteresis loop.Comment: 22 pages, 12 figure
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