Lowering of Dimensionality in Phase Transitions with Random Fields

Amnon Aharony, Yoseph Imry, and Shang-keng Ma
Phys. Rev. Lett. 37, 1364 – Published 15 November 1976
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Abstract

We prove that to all orders in perturbation expansion, the critical exponents of a phase transition in a d-dimensional (4<d<6) system with short-range exchange and a random quenched field are the same as those of a (d2)-dimensional pure system. Heuristic arguments are given to discuss both this result and the random-field Ising model for 2<d<6.

  • Received 20 August 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.37.1364

©1976 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Amnon Aharony and Yoseph Imry

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Israel

Shang-keng Ma*

  • Department of Physics and Institute for Pure and Applied Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037

  • *Also supported by National Science Foundation under Grant No. DMR 76-08443.

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Original Article

Random-Field Instability of the Ordered State of Continuous Symmetry

Yoseph Imry and Shang-keng Ma
Phys. Rev. Lett. 35, 1399 (1975)

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Vol. 37, Iss. 20 — 15 November 1976

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