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arXiv:hep-th/0108031

The derivative expansion of the exact renormalization group

Michael Turner

Published Aug 6, 2001• 0 citations
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Abstract

We formulate a method of performing non-perturbative calculations in quantum field theory, based upon a derivative expansion of the exact renormalization group. We then proceed to apply this method to the calculation of critical exponents for three dimensional O(N) symmetric theory. Finally we discuss how the approximation scheme manages to reproduce some exactly known solutions in critical phenomena.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0108031

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The Polchinski exact renormalization group equation for a scalar field theory in arbitrary dimensions is translated, by means of a covariant Hamiltonian formalism, into a partial differential equation for an effective Hamiltonian density that depends on an infinite tower of momenta fields with higher spin. A natural approximation scheme is then expanding the Hamiltonian in momenta with increasing rank. The first order of this expansion, one next to the local potential approximation, is regulator-independent and already includes infinitely many derivative interactions. Further truncating this down to a quadratic dependence on the momenta leads to an alternative to the first order of the derivative expansion, which is used to compute η=0.03616(1)η=0.03616(1)η=0.03616(1) for the critical exponent of the three dimensional Ising model.
Path integrals have played a fundamental role in emphasizing the profound analogies between Quantum Field Theory (QFT), and Classical as well as Quantum Statistical Physics. Ideas coming from Statistical Physics have then led to a deeper understanding of Quantum Field Theory and open the way for a wealth of non-perturbative methods. Conversely QFT methods are become essential for the description of the phase transitions and critical phenomena beyond mean field theory. This is the point we want to illustrate here. We therefore review the methods, based on renormalized phi^4_3 quantum field theory and renormalization group, which have led to an accurate determination of critical exponents of the N-vector model, and more recently of the equation of state of the 3D Ising model. The starting point is the perturbative expansion for RG functions or the effective potential to the order presently available. Perturbation theory is known to be divergent and its divergence has been related to instanton contributions. This has allowed to characterize the large order behaviour of perturbation series, an information that can be used to efficiently "sum" them. Practical summation methods based on Borel transformation and conformal mapping have been developed, leading to the most accurate results available probing field theory in a non perturbative regime. We illustrate the methods with a short discussion of the scaling equation of state of the 3D Ising model. Compared to exponents its determination involves a few additional (non-trivial) technical steps, like the use of the parametric representation, and the order-dependent mapping.
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