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Stability of 3D Cubic Fixed Point in Two-Coupling-Constant ϕ4-Theory

H. Kleinert, S. Thoms, V. Schulte-Frohlinde

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/9611050

Abstract

For an anisotropic euclidean ϕ4-theory with two interactions [u (Σi=1M ϕi2)2+v Σi=1M ϕi4] the β-functions are calculated from five-loop perturbation expansions in d=4- dimensions, using the knowledge of the large-order behavior and Borel transformations. For =1, an infrared stable cubic fixed point for M ≥ 3 is found, implying that the critical exponents in the magnetic phase transition of real crystals are of the cubic universality class. There were previous indications of the stability based either on lower-loop expansions or on less reliable Pad\'e approximations, but only the evidence presented in this work seems to be sufficently convincing to draw this conclusion.

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