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arXiv:cond-mat/0106334 · WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks

PHASE TRANSITION IN THE RANDOM ANISOTROPY MODEL

M. Dudka, R. Folk, Yurij V. Holovatch

Published Jun 1, 2001• 2 citations
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Abstract

The influence of a local anisotropy of random orientation on a ferromagnetic phase transition is studied for two cases of anisotropy axis distribution. To this end a model of a random anisotropy magnet is analyzed by means of the field theoretical renormalization group approach in two loop approximation refined by a resummation of the asymptotic series. The one-loop result of Aharony indicating the absence of a second-order phase transition for an isotropic distribution of random anisotropy axis at space dimension $d<4$ is corroborated. For a cubic distribution the accessible stable fixed point leads to disordered Ising-like critical exponents.

DOI
10.1142/9789812811240_0040

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