We use field theoretic renormalization group methods to study the critical behavior of a recently proposed Langevin equation for driven lattice gases under infinitely fast drive. We perform an expansion around the upper critical dimension, $d_c=4,$ and obtain the critical exponents to one-loop order. The main features of the two-loop calculation are also outlined. The renormalized theory is shown to exhibit a behavior different from the standard field theory for the driven lattice gas with finite driving, i.e., it is not mean-field-like.

• Received 9 September 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.61.1161