arXiv:cond-mat/0108298 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General
Critical thermodynamics of three-dimensionalMN-component field model with cubic anisotropy from higher-loop ε expansion
A I Mudrov, K B Varnashev
Abstract
The critical thermodynamics of an MN -component field model with cubic anisotropy relevant to the phase transitions in certain crystals with complicated ordering is studied within the four-loop ε expansion using the minimal subtraction scheme. Investigation of the global structure of RG flows for the physically significant cases M = 2, N = 2 and M = 2, N = 3 shows that the model has an anisotropic stable fixed point with new critical exponents. The critical dimensionality of the order parameter is proved to be equal to N c C = 1.445(20), that is exactly half its counterpart in the real hypercubic model.