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Physical Review Letters

O(n) Heisenberg Model Close to n=d=2

John Cardy, Herbert W. Hamber

Published Aug 18, 1980• 106 citations
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Abstract

The critical behavior of the $O(n)$ classical Heisenberg model in $d$ dimensions close to $n=d=2$ is discussed, assuming analyticity in $n$ and $d$ of the renormalization-group equations. In the ($d$,$n$) plane there is a line passing through (2,2) across which the critical exponents are nonanalytic. For $d=2 \mathrm{and} \ensuremath{-}2<~n<~2$, a conjecture is presented for the exact form of the leading and subdominant thermal eigenvalues.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.45.499

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