Phase transitions of the three-dimensional semi-infinite Blume-Emery-Griffiths model, extended to negative biquadratic interactions, are investigated within the framework of the mean-field approximation in comparison with the real-space renormalization-group results found previously. All the possible qualitative types of phase diagrams characterizing phase transitions of the model, including high entropy ferrimagnetic and staggered quadrupolar phases, have been determined. It is shown that such a system can exhibit critical and tricritical behavior on the surface and multicritical points.Phase transitions of the three-dimensional semi-infinite Blume-Emery-Griffiths model, extended to negative biquadratic interactions, are investigated within the framework of the mean-field approximation in comparison with the real-space renormalization-group results found previously. All the possible qualitative types of phase diagrams characterizing phase transitions of the model, including high entropy ferrimagnetic and staggered quadrupolar phases, have been determined. It is shown that such a system can exhibit critical and tricritical behavior on the surface and multicritical points.

Physical review. B, Condensed matterNov 1, 199718 citations

Investigation of surface critical behavior of semi-infinite systems with cubic anisotropy

Z. Usatenko

The critical behavior at the special surface transition and crossover bevavior from special to ordinary surface transition in semi-infinite n-component anisotropic cubic models are investigated by applying the field theoretic approach directly in d=3 dimensions up to the two-loop approximation. The crossover behavior for random semi-infinite Ising-like system, which is the nontrivial particular case of the cubic model in the limit $n\to 0$ , is also investigated. The numerical estimates of the resulting two-loop series expansions for the critical exponents of the special surface transition, surface crossover critical exponent $Φ$ and the surface critical exponents of the layer, $α_{1}$ , and local specific heats, $α_{11}$ , are computed by means of Pade and Pade-Borel resummation techniques. For $nn_{c}$ the cubic fixed point is stable, where $n_{c}$ is the marginal spin dimensionality of the cubic model. The obtained results indicate that the surface critical behavior of semi-infinite systems with cubic anisotropy is characterized by new set of surface critical exponents for $n>n_{c}$ .The critical behavior at the special surface transition and crossover bevavior from special to ordinary surface transition in semi-infinite n-component anisotropic cubic models are investigated by applying the field theoretic approach directly in d=3 dimensions up to the two-loop approximation. The crossover behavior for random semi-infinite Ising-like system, which is the nontrivial particular case of the cubic model in the limit $n\to 0$, is also investigated. The numerical estimates of the resulting two-loop series expansions for the critical exponents of the special surface transition, surface crossover critical exponent $Φ$ and the surface critical exponents of the layer, $α_{1}$, and local specific heats, $α_{11}$, are computed by means of Pade and Pade-Borel resummation techniques. For $nn_{c}$ the cubic fixed point is stable, where $n_{c}$ is the marginal spin dimensionality of the cubic model. The obtained results indicate that the surface critical behavior of semi-infinite systems with cubic anisotropy is characterized by new set of surface critical exponents for $n>n_{c}$.

arXiv:cond-mat/0211654Nov 28, 20020 citations

Real-space renormalization-group investigation of the three-dimensional semi-infinite Blume-Emery-Griffiths model

A. Benyoussef, N. Boccara, M. El Bouziani

We investigate the three-dimensional semi-infinite Blume-Emery-Griffiths (BEG) model using the Migdal-Kadanoff renormalization-group method. The parameter space is six dimensional. We find 69 fixed points describing a large variety of critical behaviors and discuss various semi-infinite models which are special cases of the BEG model such as the Blume-Capel model. For this last model we determine the various generic types of phase diagrams according to the values of the interactions on the surface and in the bulk of the system.We investigate the three-dimensional semi-infinite Blume-Emery-Griffiths (BEG) model using the Migdal-Kadanoff renormalization-group method. The parameter space is six dimensional. We find 69 fixed points describing a large variety of critical behaviors and discuss various semi-infinite models which are special cases of the BEG model such as the Blume-Capel model. For this last model we determine the various generic types of phase diagrams according to the values of the interactions on the surface and in the bulk of the system.

Physical review. B, Condensed matterDec 1, 198633 citations

Semi-infinite critical systems

H. Dosch

Springer tracts in modern physicsJan 1, 19920 citations

n\to 0

, is also investigated. The numerical estimates of the resulting two-loop series expansions for the critical exponents of the special surface transition, surface crossover critical exponent

Φ

and the surface critical exponents of the layer,

α_{1}

, and local specific heats,

α_{11}

, are computed by means of Pade and Pade-Borel resummation techniques. For

nn_{c}

the cubic fixed point is stable, where

n_{c}

is the marginal spin dimensionality of the cubic model. The obtained results indicate that the surface critical behavior of semi-infinite systems with cubic anisotropy is characterized by new set of surface critical exponents for

n>n_{c}