Exact renormalization group equation for lattice Ginzburg-Landau models adapted to the solution in the local potential approximation

Abstract

The Wilson Green's function approach and, alternatively, Feynman's diffusion equation and the Hori representation have been used to derive an exact functional RG equation (EFRGE) that in the course of the RG flow interpolates between the interaction part of the lattice Ginzburg-Landau Hamiltonian and the logarithm of the generating functional of the S-matrix. Because the S-matrix vertices are the amputated correlation functions of the fluctuating field, it has been suggested that in the critical region the amputation of the long-range tails makes the S-matrix functional more localized and thus more amenable to the local potential approximation (LPA) than the renormalized free energy functional used in Wilson's EFRGE. By means of a functional Legendre transform the S-matrix EFRGE has been converted into an EFRGE for the effective action (EA). It has been found that the field-dependent part of EA predicted by the equation is the same as calculated within the known EA EFRGE approaches but in addition it is accurately accounts for the field-independent terms. These are indispensable in calculation of such important quantities as the the specific heat, the latent heat, etc. With the use of the derived EFRGE a closed expression for the renormalization counterterm has been obtained which when subtracted from the divergent solution of the Wetterich equation would lead to a finite exact expression for the EA thus making two approaches formally equivalent. The S-matrix equation has been found to be simply connected with a generalized functional Burgers' equation which establishes a direct correspondence between the first order phase transitions and the shock wave solutions of the RG equation. The transparent semi-group structure of the S-matrix RG equation makes possible the use of different RG techniques at different stages of the RG flow in order to improve the LPA solution.

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