Based on a path integral formulation for stochastic precesses, dynamic critical behavior under quenched random magnetic fields is investigated. Our study is mainly concerned in the time dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation for m-component spin variables in the case of large m. Dynamic critical exponent for the characteristic frequency is obtained to be z = 2 + c η, c = 2 up to O(1/m), according to the dynamical scaling assumption. Since c = 2 for arbitrary space dimensions d(4<d<6), d →d-2 rule does not hold for time-dependent phenomena.
Equilibrium properties of the phase transition of a ferromagnetic spin system under a quenched random magnetic field are briefly summarized. Based upon a path integral formulation for stochastic processes, the n→0 method of replica is extended to treat critical relaxation of quenched random spin systems. As an application, the dynamic scaling hypothesis is examined for the random field problem by means of 1/m-expansion method (m; the number of order parameter components) and the renormalization group method near 6 space dimensions. It is shown that d→d−2 rule does not hold for the dynamic critical exponent of the characteristic frequency.
Critical behaviors of a ferromagnetic spin system under quenched random magnetic fields are investigated near above four space dimensions. Critical temperature Tc(m, µ, ε) as a function of the number of spin components m(≥2) and strength µ of the random field is obtained in a power series of ε ≡ d-4 (>0) by means of the Migdal-Polyakov renormalization group theory. Critical exponents ν and η are also calculated in powers of ε. It is shown that they are in agreement with those of (2 + ε)-dimensional pure system for sufficiently close to Tc. In the limit m→∞, present results reduce to d = 4 + ε case of our previous results for the spherical model.
The critical dynamics of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau model for a system with quenched random impurities and nonconserved order parameter is studied in the framework of the $\ensuremath{\epsilon}$ expansion. In contrast to the situation in pure systems, the dynamic critical exponent
z deviates from its conventional value at first order in $\ensuremath{\epsilon}\ensuremath{\equiv}4\ensuremath{-}d$. The impurities cause an enhancement of the shape function ${f}_{x}(\ensuremath{\nu})$ at small frequencies $\ensuremath{\nu}$; ${f}_{x}(\ensuremath{\nu}=0)$ diverges as $T\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{T}_{c}$. Below
Tc the equation of state, static susceptibility $\ensuremath{\chi}$, and dynamic response function
G, are studied. A new, purely static correlated function,
C(s), whose existence is unique to the random system is introduced. The coexistence curve singularities of
C(s), $\ensuremath{\chi}$, and
G in systems with continuously broken symmetry are explored. The connection of the quenched-impurity model with "model
C" of Halperin, Hohenberg, and Ma is discussed.
Critical behaviors in quenched random-spin systems with N-spin component are studied in the limit M → 0 of the non-random MN-component models by means of the renormalization group theory. As the static critical phenomena the stability of the fixed points is investigated and the critical exponents η[~ O(ε3); ε ≡ 4 – d], γ, α, and crossover index [Formula: see text] and the equation of state [~ O(ε)] are obtained. Within the approximation up to the order ε2, even the random-spin systems with N = 2 or 3 are unstable in the three dimensions and the pure systems are stable there.
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.