Models WDn in the presence of disorder and the coupled models
Abstract
We have studied the conformal models WD n(p), n=3,4,5,…, in the presence of disorder which couples to the energy operator of the model. In the limit of p≫1, where p is the corresponding minimal model index, the problem could be analyzed by means of the perturbative renormalization group, with ɛ-expansion in ɛ=1/ p. We have found that the disorder makes to flow the model WDn( p) to the model WDn( p-1) without disorder. In the related problem of N coupled regular WDn( p) models (no disorder), coupled by their energy operators, we find a flow to the fixed point of N decoupled WDn( p-1) . But in addition we find in this case two new fixed points which could be reached by a fine tuning of the initial values of the couplings. The corresponding critical theories realize the permutational symmetry in a nontrivial way, like this is known to be the case for coupled Potts models, and they could not be identified with the presently known conformal models.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Physics B
- Pub Date:
- October 2001
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0550-3213(01)00392-3
- arXiv:
- arXiv:hep-th/0104197
- Bibcode:
- 2001NuPhB.613..445D
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Theory;
- Condensed Matter - Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
- E-Print:
- 35 pages, latex, 3 eps figures