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arXiv:1009.1492 · Physical Review B

Relevance of the fixed dimension perturbative approach to frustrated magnets in two and three dimensions

Bertrand Delamotte, M. Dudka, Yurij V. Holovatch, D. Mouhanna

Published Sep 30, 2010• 43 citations
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Abstract

We show that the critical behavior of two- and three-dimensional frustrated magnets cannot reliably be described from the known five- and six-loop perturbative renormalization-group results. Our conclusions are based on a careful reanalysis of the resummed perturbative series obtained within the zero-momentum massive scheme. In three dimensions, the critical exponents for XY and Heisenberg spins display strong dependences on the parameters of the resummation procedure and on the loop order. This behavior strongly suggests that the fixed points found are in fact spurious. In two dimensions, we find, as in the $O(N)$ case, that there is apparent convergence of the critical exponents but toward erroneous values. As a consequence, the interesting question of the description of the crossover/transition induced by ${Z}_{2}$ topological defects in two-dimensional frustrated Heisenberg spins remains open.

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10.1103/physrevb.82.104432

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