Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General
Dynamic scaling near the percolation threshold in the diluted Heisenberg chain
Robin B. Stinchcombe, C K Harris
Abstract
Critical spin wave dynamics in the dilute Heisenberg chain near the percolation threshold is treated by two complementary approaches. The first exploits the renormalisation group transformation of parameters under a length scaling achieved by decimation on the equations of motion of the random system, the second obtains from the contributions from chain segments of all possible sizes the average dynamic response using a continuum approach valid for small wavevector k and long percolation correlation length xi p. Both approaches yield identical dynamic scaling forms for the dynamic response, with dynamic exponent z=2, and details of the crossover of characteristic frequency between hydrodynamic and critical form as k xi p varies from 0 to infinity . A detailed expression for the scaling function for the dynamic response is also obtained.