Ground state nonuniversality in the random-field Ising model

P. M. Duxbury and J. H. Meinke
Phys. Rev. E 64, 036112 – Published 27 August 2001
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Abstract

Two attractive and often used ideas, namely, universality and the concept of a zero-temperature fixed point, are violated in the infinite-range random-field Ising model. In the ground state we show that the exponents can depend continuously on the disorder and so are nonuniversal. However, we also show that at finite temperature the thermal order-parameter exponent 1/2 is restored so that temperature is a relevant variable. Broader implications of these results are discussed.

  • Received 16 January 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.64.036112

©2001 American Physical Society

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P. M. Duxbury and J. H. Meinke*

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy and Center for Fundamental Materials Research, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824

  • *Email address: meinke@pa.msu.edu

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Vol. 64, Iss. 3 — September 2001

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