Theoretical ideas for deriving singularities of thermodynamical functions at the second-order phase transitions in spin systems with weak quenched disorder are considered. In particular, p-component vector magnets and the two-dimensional Ising model with disorder in spin-spin interactions are studied. Generalisation of the traditional renormalisation-group scheme, which takes into account non-perturbative spin-glass degrees of freedom, is proposed. Low-temperature properties and the phase transition in the Ising systems with quenched random fields are also considered.
Theoretical ideas for deriving singularities of thermodynamical functions at the second-order phase transitions in spin systems with weak quenched disorder are considered. In particular, p-component vector magnets and the two-dimensional Ising model with disorder in spin-spin interactions are studied. Generalisation of the traditional renormalisation-group scheme, which takes into account non-perturbative spin-glass degrees of freedom, is proposed. Low-temperature properties and the phase transition in the Ising systems with quenched random fields are also considered.
Disordered spin systems with the number of spin components m are studied in dimensions d=2+ epsilon for small epsilon . For dilute quenched random systems, it is found that the system has the same critical behaviour as for a pure ferromagnetic if m>2. For the spin-glass phase, new critical exponents are calculated for m>or=2. The x-y spin glass is found to have a phase, new critical exponents are calculated for m>or=2. The x-y spin glass is found to have a vanishing critical temperature as d approaches 2, in contrast to the ferromagnetic x-y model.
"Renorma1ization-group methods have been applied in the study of quenched random magnetic systems in recent years. We begin with a brief review of second-order phase transitions in pure, homogeneous systems and also of the .. renorma1ization group framework. Then we provide an introduction to quenched random magnetic systems. Next, momentum-space methods and position-space techniques as applied to quenched random magnets are outlined and compared. Grinstein and Luther applied the Wilson-Fisher E-expansion to random n-vector models; Khme1'nitsky discovered that the random Ising model (n = 1) possessed a ""random"" fixed point of 0(squareroot(e)). This fixed point was found to have one marginal and one irrelevant operator. We have investigated the stability of this fixed point using Ca11an-Symanzik equations and renorma1ized perturbation theory. We find the fixed point stable in the next order; we have also obtained critical exponents to one higher order. Next, position-space techniques are used to study some simple model systems. In addition to critical exponents, global thermodynamic properties are determined. These calculations are based on the Migda1-Kadanoff approximate recursion relations suitably generalized to the inhomogeneous case. Firstly we study the randomly bond-dilute two-dimensional nearest- neighbor Ising model on a square lattice. Calculations give both thermal and magnetic exponents associated with the percolative fixed point. Differential recursion relations yield a phase diagram which is in quantitative agreement with all known results. Curves for the specific heat, percolation probability, and magnetization are displayed. The critical region of the specific heat becomes unobservably narrow well above the percolation threshold Pc. This provides a possible explanation for the apparent specific-heat rounding in certain experiments. We then study the Edwards-Anderson model of a spin glass. The current theoretical situation, which is far from satisfactory at present, is briefly reviewed. We treat the spin-l/2 Ising model with independently random nearestneighbor interactions in dimensionalities d = 2, 3, and 4. The phase diagram, which is in qualitative agreement with mean-field results, exhibits paramagnetic, ferromagnetic, antiferromagnetic, and spin-glass phases. The spinglass and paramagnetic phases meet along an extended second-order phase boundary, which terminates in two tricritical points. Critical and tricritical exponents are calculated. The spin-glass specific-heat exponent turns out to be large and negative, compatibly with recent experiments which show a rounded specific heat anomaly. Global specific-heat curves are also displayed for d = 2."
We review results concerning the critical behavior of spin systems at equilibrium. We consider the Ising and the general O(N)-symmetric universality class. For each of them, we review the estimates of the critical exponents, of the equation of state, of several amplitude ratios, and of the two-point function of the order parameter. We report results in three and two dimensions. We discuss the crossover phenomena that are observed in this class of systems. In particular, we review the field-theoretical and numerical studies of systems with medium-range interactions. Moreover, we consider several examples of magnetic and structural phase transitions, which are described by more complex Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson Hamiltonians, such as N-component systems with cubic anisotropy, O(N)-symmetric systems in the presence of quenched disorder, frustrated spin systems with noncollinear or canted order, and finally, a class of systems described by the tetragonal Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson Hamiltonian with three quartic couplings. The results for the tetragonal Hamiltonian are original, in particular we present the six-loop perturbative series for the β-functions and the critical exponents.
The Niemeijer-van Leeuwen formulation of the renormalisation group has been used to discuss the quenched dilute Ising model and the Ising spin-glass in two dimensions. The authors chose a five-spin cell which, in the pure case, treats the Ising antiferromagnet equally as well as the ferromagnet. This choice of cell leads to the existence of a spin-glass ground state which was found to be stable for the whole composition range. The spin-glass transition was found to be sharp and the corresponding critical exponents were calculated. For the dilute Ising model the behaviour of the reduced critical temperature T c (p)/T c (1), the percolation concentration and the correlation length exponent were found to be in good agreement with the exact results and series calculations.
The effect of quenched random fields and local perturbations of critical temperature on the critical behavior at phase transitions is studied within the framework of an exactly solvable model that takes into account interaction of fluctuations with equal and opposite momenta. Using the replica method the dimensional reduction by 2 for systems with finite-range interaction and quenched random fields is explicitly shown. For interaction of the infinite range the model demonstrates the mean-field critical asymptotics independently of dimensionality or the presence of random fields. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.
The critical relaxation of the magnetization in a two-dimensional Ising model with quenched random non-magnetic impurities has been studied by numerical simulation. A squared lattice of size 400 2 with spin concentrations p=1.0; 0.95, 0,9, 0.85, 0.8, 0.75 and 0.7 was considered. The dynamical critical exponent z was determined by the Monte Carlo method combined with the dynamical renormalization group method. The following values were received for z(p): z(1)=2.24+or-0.07, z(0.95)=2.24+or-0.06, z(0.9)=2.24+or-0.06, z(0.85)=2.38+or-0.05, z(0.8)=2.51+or-0.06, z(0.75)=2.66+or-0.07 and z(0.7)=2.88+or-0.06. A singular dynamic scaling behaviour with z=A' mod ln(p-p c ) mod +B' was found for systems with spin concentrations p<or=0.85 near the percolation threshold p c , where A'=0.56+or-0.07 and B'=1.62+or-0.07 are temperature-independent constants.