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Physical review. B, Solid state

Critical Behavior of the Anisotropic n -Vector Model

Michael Ellis Fisher, Pierre M. Pfeuty

Published Sep 1, 1972• 169 citations
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Abstract

The critical behavior of a system of $n$-component classical "spins"with anisotropic pair interactions is discussed using renormalization-group techniques for dimension $d=4\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\epsilon}$. To first order in $\ensuremath{\epsilon}$ the correlation and susceptibility exponents in the isotropic limit are $2\ensuremath{\nu}=\ensuremath{\gamma}=1+[\frac{(n+2)}{2(n+8)}]\ensuremath{\epsilon}$, while the anisotropy or crossover exponent is $\ensuremath{\varphi}=1+[\frac{n}{2(n+8)}]\ensuremath{\epsilon}$. When $n\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\infty}$ these expansions agree with exact spherical-model results. For $n=3$ and $d=3$ series expansions indicate $\ensuremath{\varphi}\ensuremath{\simeq}1.2$ (compared with $\ensuremath{\gamma}\ensuremath{\simeq}1.38$).

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.6.1889

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