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Title: Dangerous irrelevant operators

Journal Article · · Ann. Phys. (N.Y.); (United States)

The effects of dangerous irrelevant operators on various types of critical behavior are described, as particular cases of a systematic field theoretic renormalization group treatment. Starting from a general formulation, such cases as the tricritical crossover above three dimensions, hyperscaling above four, and symmetry-breaking by irrelevant operators are considered. The irrelevance discussed is either of the ''strong type,'' identifiable by dimensional analysis, or the ''weak type,'' produced by the renormalization group.

Research Organization:
Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
OSTI ID:
5015612
Journal Information:
Ann. Phys. (N.Y.); (United States), Vol. 140:2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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