Critical exponents of the random-field O(N) model.
The critical behavior of the random-field Ising model has long been a puzzle. Different methods predict that its critical exponents in D dimensions are the same as in the pure (D-2)-dimensional ferromagnet with the same number of the magnetization components contrary to the experiments and simulations. We calculate the exponents of the random-field O(N) model with the (4+epsilon)-expansion and obtain values different from the exponents of the pure ferromagnet in 2+epsilon dimensions. An infinite set of relevant operators missed in previous studies leads to a breakdown of the (6-epsilon)-expansion.
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Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.