Recent Developments in the Theory of Critical Phenomena
Bert Schroer
Abstract
ficld theory. 111 adclition to W~lson's r.olorii~alizotioti qr-oup method, whicl ~ is basctf on the idea of eliminating short range fluctuations, we discuss the renor~nali~ation method of quant~~m ficld theory which. in the present context. we call rc~ptrrtrt~rc~trizolion (in order to avoid confusion). A reparametrization which is of particular interest In the theory of critical phenomena is the one which leads to cc.cllin ~ c~qrrtrtioris. We derive new scaling equations which remain free of infl-arcd divergoices in two and three dimensions. Our method allows 11s to givc:I rather compact and unified discussion of Kadanoffs scaling laws and the related concept of global.sc.irlitrg /ic,ld.s, as well as the scale invariant correlation f~~nclions. Revemos nqui o trnbalho dc Kadanoff, Wilson c Wegner, na lingnagem da tcoria euclidiana de campus. AlCm do mCtodo do qrupo tlc rc~normtrliztr(~ilo dc Wilson, qi~c sc baseia na idCia de eliminar as flutuac;i,es dc curto nlcancc, discutimos o metodo de rcnormali/a~ao da teoria clu5ntica de campos o quai, no prcsente contexto, cienomin;lmos r-c.l)trrcinretriz(~~~(ii>.;I firn dc cvllar confi~siTo. UmLr repara~nci~-izi~qao dc especial inlcl-e\\se, na tcoria dos kn6rncnos criticos, i. a quc conduz a c,yrrtr(.cics (I(, c,.\\c,trltr. Obtcmos novas