We study the effect of quenched time-independent random fields coupled linearly to the order parameter on the dynamical critical behavior of spin systems. We assume that the dynamics is described by a Langevin equation without conservation of the order parameter. It is shown that the dominant fluctuations are those induced by the random fields and, therefore, thermal fluctuations are irrelevant. This allows us to establish a relation between this model and a quantum spin system in the presence of a quenched random field. Moreover, we find that only static exponents in
D dimensions are the same as those of the pure ($D\ensuremath{-}2$)-dimensional theory, but the dynamical exponent
z does not satisfy this relation. The quantum system in
D dimensions is studied through its (
D+1)-dimensional equivalent model where the quenched random fields are totally correlated in the additional imaginary-time ($\ensuremath{\tau}$) direction. The system is anisotropic, and there is a new exponent
zA associated with the scaling behavior in the $\ensuremath{\tau}$ direction. We find the relation
z=2zA to all orders in perturbation theory. For the zero-temperature quantum model we find that the static (zero-frequency) exponents are the same as those of the ($D\ensuremath{-}3$)-dimensional pure quantum model. At finite temperature, when the classical system is finite in the $\ensuremath{\tau}$ direction, we predict a crossover to
D-dimensional classical behavior in nonstatic response and correlation functions, with crossover exponent ${({z}_{A}{\ensuremath{\nu}}_{(D\ensuremath{-}2)})}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$, where ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{(D\ensuremath{-}2)}$ is the exponent $\ensuremath{\nu}$ for the ($D\ensuremath{-}2$)-dimensional pure classical system. The static correlation functions do not have this cross-over behavior and are the same as those of the ($D\ensuremath{-}3$)-dimensional pure quantum model. The dimensional shift in static quantities for both quantum and classical dynamical systems is a consequence of a supersymmetry in the underlying field theory. The exponent ${z}_{A}=1+\ensuremath{\eta}+O(\frac{1}{{N}^{2}})$ in the large-
N limit or ${z}_{A}=1+c\ensuremath{\eta}+O({\ensuremath{\epsilon}}^{4})$ in the $\ensuremath{\epsilon}$ expansion where $c=1\ensuremath{-}\frac{3}{4}[\frac{(N+2)}{{(N+8)}^{2}}]\ensuremath{\epsilon}$ and $\ensuremath{\eta}$ is the same as in the ($D\ensuremath{-}2$)-dimensional pure classical system. We also study the above classical random-field Ising problem using the interface approach, but are unable to draw any definite conclusion about the dynamics at the lower critical dimension
D=3.
We study the crossover behaviors that can be observed in the high-temperature phase of three-dimensional dilute spin systems, using a field-theoretical approach. In particular, for randomly dilute Ising systems we consider the Gaussian-to-random and the pure-Ising-to-random crossover, determining the corresponding crossover functions for the magnetic susceptibility and the correlation length. Moreover, for the physically interesting cases of dilute Ising, XY, and Heisenberg systems, we estimate several universal ratios of scaling-correction amplitudes entering the high-temperature Wegner expansion of the magnetic susceptibility, of the correlation length, and of the zero-momentum quartic couplings.
We study the critical behavior of an
m-component classical spin system with quenched impurities correlated along an ${\ensuremath{\epsilon}}_{d}$-dimensional "line" and randomly distributed in $d\ensuremath{-}{\ensuremath{\epsilon}}_{d}$ dimensions ($d=4\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\epsilon}$). The presence of this line of impurities makes the system anisotropic and the interactions highly nonlocal. The renormalization group (RG) is used to approach the critical region and the quantities of interest are calculated in a double $\ensuremath{\epsilon}$, ${\ensuremath{\epsilon}}_{d}$ expansion. A two-loop calculation is needed to expose fully the divergent structure, and the theory is proved to be renormalizable up to this order. A consequence of the double $\ensuremath{\epsilon}$, ${\ensuremath{\epsilon}}_{d}$ expansion is the fact that the RG functions and consequently the critical exponents depend on the ratio $\frac{{\ensuremath{\epsilon}}_{d}}{(\ensuremath{\epsilon}+{\ensuremath{\epsilon}}_{d})}$. The solution of the RG equations leads to the existence of two correlation lengths: parallel to the "line" and perpendicular to it, with critical exponents ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\parallel}}$ and ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\perp}}$, respectively, with the relation ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\parallel}}=z{\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\perp}}$. The exponent
z results from the presence of anisotropy in the system. New scaling laws are found for the critical exponents: $\ensuremath{\gamma}={\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\perp}}(2\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\eta})$ and $\ensuremath{\alpha}=2\ensuremath{-}(d\ensuremath{-}{\ensuremath{\epsilon}}_{d}){\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\perp}}\ensuremath{-}{\ensuremath{\epsilon}}_{d}{\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\parallel}}$. We establish a relation between our model and a quantum model in one less dimension with random pointlike impurities. For this system we predict a quantum-to-classical crossover at finite temperature with cross-over exponent ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\parallel}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$.
We study the dynamic critical behavior of spin systems in the presence of quenched random magnetic fields with long-range correlations of the type ${[h(0)h(R)]}_{\mathrm{av}}\ensuremath{\sim}{R}^{\ensuremath{-}(d\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\theta})}$. We assume that the dynamics is described by a Langevin equation without conservation of the order parameter. It is shown in both the $\stackrel{\ifmmode \tilde{}\else \~{}\fi{}}{\ensuremath{\epsilon}}$ expansion ($\stackrel{\ifmmode \tilde{}\else \~{}\fi{}}{\ensuremath{\epsilon}}=6+\ensuremath{\theta}\ensuremath{-}d$) to order ${\stackrel{\ifmmode \tilde{}\else \~{}\fi{}}{\ensuremath{\epsilon}}}^{2}$ and
N1 expansion to leading order for $4+\ensuremath{\theta}<d<6+\ensuremath{\theta}$ that the dynamic critical exponent
z can be expressed in terms of static exponent $\ensuremath{\eta}$ as $z=2+g(\ensuremath{\theta})\ensuremath{\eta}$. The dynamic scaling form of the spin-spin correlation function at
T=Tc is obtained to order ${\stackrel{\ifmmode \tilde{}\else \~{}\fi{}}{\ensuremath{\epsilon}}}^{2}$.
The effect of the long-range correlated random magnetic fields which behave like
〈h(x)h(y)〉 $\ensuremath{\sim}\frac{1}{{|x\ensuremath{-}y|}^{d\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\sigma}}}$ on the critical phenomena is discussed with the use of the nonlinear $\ensuremath{\sigma}$ model. The crossover between the two critical behaviors dominated by the long-range and short-range disorder fixed points is shown to occur at $(m\ensuremath{-}2)\ensuremath{\sigma}\ensuremath{-}d+4=0$ (
m is the spin dimensionality). The critical exponents calculated at the long-range disorder fixed point around the lower critical dimensionality $4+\ensuremath{\sigma}$ are not the same as those in $d\ensuremath{-}2$ expansions in the pure system.
Scaling and renormalization-group theories of crossover in criticality induced by random interactions are searchingly tested for Ising (n=1) systems. Extrapolation of 15th-order series in two variables for the susceptibility of the \ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}J simple-cubic Ising model yields a crossover exponent \ensuremath{\varphi}=0.125\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.025. This agrees well with the specific-heat exponent, \ensuremath{\alpha}\ensuremath{\simeq}0.11. Consistency between free-energy and susceptibility scaling with \ensuremath{\varphi}=\ensuremath{\alpha} is cross-checked and leading universal scaling-function coefficients and nonuniversal scaling field amplitudes are determined.