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Renormalization of pinned elastic systems: how does it work beyond one loop?

P Chauve1, P Le Doussal, K J Wiese

  • 1CNRS-Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France.

Physical Review Letters
|April 6, 2001
PubMed
Summary

We reveal novel anomalous terms in field theories for pinned elastic systems. Our findings resolve discrepancies between theoretical predictions and simulations for system roughness at depinning.

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Area of Science:

  • Condensed matter physics
  • Statistical mechanics
  • Field theory

Background:

  • Pinned elastic systems exhibit complex behavior at equilibrium and depinning transitions.
  • Existing theories often face challenges in accurately predicting system properties, particularly roughness.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the field theories for pinned elastic systems at equilibrium and depinning.
  • To identify and analyze novel anomalous terms in their beta functions.
  • To resolve discrepancies between theoretical predictions and experimental/simulation results for system roughness.

Main Methods:

  • Renormalization group analysis of field theories.
  • Two-loop calculations of beta functions.
  • Analysis of system roughness (zeta) in different dimensionalities (epsilon = 4-d and epsilon = 2-d).

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Main Results:

  • Identified novel anomalous terms in beta functions at two loops.
  • Calculated equilibrium roughness: zeta = 0.208... epsilon + 0.006... epsilon^2 for random bonds, zeta = epsilon/3 for random fields.
  • Proved two-loop renormalizability at depinning and found random fields attract shorter-range disorder.
  • Derived depinning roughness: zeta = epsilon/3(1 + 0.143... epsilon) for short-range elasticity, violating the zeta = epsilon/3 conjecture.
  • Derived zeta = epsilon/3(1 + 0.397... epsilon) for long-range elasticity, aligning better with experimental values (~0.5).

Conclusions:

  • The study introduces crucial anomalous terms that refine field theories for pinned elastic systems.
  • The derived roughness exponents at depinning resolve long-standing discrepancies with simulations and align better with experimental observations for various systems.