Physical review. B, Solid state
Critical Behavior of the Anisotropic n -Vector Model
Michael Ellis Fisher, Pierre M. Pfeuty
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 $\ensuremath{\gamma}\ensuremath{\simeq}1.38$).