Real-Space Renormalization-Group (RG) Approach : Differential Renormalization(「広領域の相転移物理学」研究会報告)

Yoshitake Yamazaki

Wim van Saarloos

When differential real-space renormalization-grup theory was proposed by Hilhorst, Schick, and van Leeuwen, they suggested that their approach could only be applied to lattice models for which a star-triangle transformation exists. However, differential renormalization-group equations for the square Ising model have recently been proposed whose derivation does not involve the star-triangle transformation. We show that the latter equations are not exact renormalization-group equations by an analysis that reveals some essential limitations of the present formulation of differential real-space renormalization. We investigate the structure of the renormalization-group flow equations obtained in this method and uncover a strong property of these equations that simplifies the calculations in actual applications of the theory. However, the status and implications of this property, which embodies the crux of the theory, are not yet fully understood.

Glen Evenbly, Guifré Vidal

The ability of entanglement renormalization (ER) to generate a proper real-space renormalization group (RG) flow in extended quantum systems is analyzed in the setting of harmonic lattice systems in D =1 and 2 spatial dimensions. A conceptual overview of the steps involved in momentum-space RG is provided and contrasted against the equivalent steps in the real-space setting. The real-space RG flow, as generated by ER, is compared against the exact results from momentum-space RG, including an investigation of a critical fixed point and the effect of relevant and irrelevant perturbations.