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Random-field and random-anisotropy O(N) spin systems with a free surface

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PHYSICAL REVIEW E
Volume 86, Issue 2, Pages -

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AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.86.021131

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  1. Agence Nationale de la Recherche Grant [2010-BLANC-041902]

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We study the surface scaling behavior of a semi-infinite d-dimensional O(N) spin system in the presence of a quenched random field and random anisotropy disorders. It is known that above the lower critical dimension d(LC) = 4 the infinite models undergo a paramagnetic-ferromagnetic transition for N > N-c (N-c = 2.835 for the random field and N-c = 9.441 for random anisotropy). For N < N-c and d < d(LC) there exists a quasi-long-range-order phase with a zero order parameter and a power-law decay of spin correlations. Using a functional renormalization group, we derive the surface scaling laws that describe the ordinary surface transition for d > d(LC) and the long-range behavior of spin correlations near the surface in the quasi-long-range-order phase for d < d(LC). The corresponding surface exponents are calculated to one-loop order. The obtained results can be applied to the surface scaling of periodic elastic systems in disordered media, amorphous magnets, and He-3-A in aerogel.

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