Effective medium approach in the renormalization group theory of phase transitions

Abstract

An effective medium approach similar to the coherent potential approximation (CPA) in the theory of disordered alloys and to the DMFT has been extended to the renormalization group equations in the local potential approximation (LPA). Non-universal characteristics of the second order phase transitions such as the critical temperatures and critical amplitudes have been calculated in good agreement with the best known estimates. A possibility of cluster extension of the LPA to improve its accuracy and to make the approach systematic and self-contained has been discussed. A qualitative explanation of the discrepancy between theoretical value of the critical exponent $\beta$ and recent experimental data on ordering in beta brass by the influence of non-universal contributions has been suggested.

arXiv comment26 pages, 4 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1904.10338

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