A new mean field SA-SA' critical point in a symmetry breaking field |
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Authors: | Youngah Park T. C. Lubensky J. Prost |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Physics, Postech, Pohang Institute of Science and Technology, Pohang, Koreab Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | We consider a SA-SA' critical point in the presence of a symmetry-breaking external magnetic (electric) field with a positive magnetic (dielectric) anisotropy or a dislocation layer. Via a renormalization group analysis of the model hamiltonian, we show that the upper critical dimensions below which mean-field theory breaks down is dc = 2·5. Thus the SA-SA' transition in three dimensions becomes mean-field like in the presence of a symmetry-breaking field. We estimate the reduced temperature region where we can expect to see the mean field SA-SA' critical point in the presence of a magnetic field or a dislocation layer. |
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