Critical behavior of semi-infinite random systems at the special surface transition

Z. Usatenko and Chin-Kun Hu
Phys. Rev. E 65, 066103 – Published 13 June 2002
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Abstract

We use a three-dimensional massive field theory up to the two-loop approximation to study the critical behavior of semi-infinite quenched random Ising-like systems at the special surface transition. Besides, we extend up to the next-to leading order, the previous first-order results of the ε expansion obtained by Ohno and Okabe [Phys. Rev. B 46, 5917 (1992)]. The numerical estimates for surface critical exponents in both cases are computed by means of the Padé analysis. Moreover, in the case of the massive field theory we perform Padé-Borel resummation of the resulting two-loop series expansions for surface critical exponents. The most reliable estimates for critical exponents of semi-infinite systems with quenched bulk randomness at the special surface transition, which we can obtain in the frames of the present approximation scheme, are η=0.238, Δ1=1.098, η=0.104, β1=0.258, γ11=0.839, γ1=1.426, δ1=6.521, and δ11=4.249. These values are different from critical exponents for pure semi-infinite Ising-like systems and show that in a system with quenched bulk randomness the plane boundary is characterized by a new set of critical exponents at the special surface transition.

  • Received 9 May 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.65.066103

©2002 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Z. Usatenko1,2,* and Chin-Kun Hu2,3,†

  • 1Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv 79011, Ukraine
  • 2Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
  • 3Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien 97401, Taiwan

  • *Email address: pylyp@ph.icmp.lviv.ua
  • Email address: huck@phys.sinica.edu.tw

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Vol. 65, Iss. 6 — June 2002

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