Critical thermodynamics of three-dimensional chiral model for N > 3

Abstract

The critical behavior of the three-dimensional $N$-vector chiral model is studied for arbitrary $N$. The known six-loop renormalization-group (RG) expansions are resummed using the Borel transformation combined with the conformal mapping and Padé approximant techniques. Analyzing the fixed point location and the structure of RG flows, it is found that two marginal values of $N$ exist which separate domains of continuous chiral phase transitions $N>N_{c1}$ and $N<N_{c2}$ from the region $N_{c1}>N>N_{c2}$ where such transitions are first-order. Our calculations yield $N_{c1}=6.4(4)$ and $N_{c2}=5.7(3)$. For $N>N_{c1}$ the structure of RG flows is identical to that given by the $\epsilon$ and 1/N expansions with the chiral fixed point being a stable node. For $N<N_{c2}$ the chiral fixed point turns out to be a focus having no generic relation to the stable fixed point seen at small $\epsilon$ and large $N$. In this domain, containing the physical values $N=2$ and $N=3$, phase trajectories approach the fixed point in a spiral-like manner giving rise to unusual crossover regimes which may imitate varying (scattered) critical exponents seen in numerous physical and computer experiments.

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