The basic procedure of renormalization group theory is used to split the free energy into a Kadanoff block formation part, and a renormalized block-block interaction part. The study of this redistribution as a function of the scaling parameter s shows that there is a stationarity value s* of s, which turns out to have the same critical behavior as the correlation length. It is suggested that s* can be used as an appropriate measure and definition of the correlation length, even for noncritical regions. The calculation of s* is thereby performed explicitly for the Gaussian, and numerically for the S4 model. A sharp separation between noncorrelated and correlated regimes is also found for the Gaussian model, well above the critical temperature. For the S4 model, the results suggest that ξ is characterized by a high-temperature Gaussian branch and by a genuine S4 branch at low temperatures, connected by a “plateau” in the intermediate region.

Correlation length and the scaling parameter in the Renormalization Group / Dolcini, Fabrizio; Ferrari, L.; Rioli, A.; DEGLI ESPOSTI BOSCHI, C.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW E. - ISSN 1063-651X. - STAMPA. - 57:3(1998), pp. 2594-2601. [10.1103/PhysRevE.57.2594]

Correlation length and the scaling parameter in the Renormalization Group

DOLCINI, FABRIZIO;
1998

Abstract

The basic procedure of renormalization group theory is used to split the free energy into a Kadanoff block formation part, and a renormalized block-block interaction part. The study of this redistribution as a function of the scaling parameter s shows that there is a stationarity value s* of s, which turns out to have the same critical behavior as the correlation length. It is suggested that s* can be used as an appropriate measure and definition of the correlation length, even for noncritical regions. The calculation of s* is thereby performed explicitly for the Gaussian, and numerically for the S4 model. A sharp separation between noncorrelated and correlated regimes is also found for the Gaussian model, well above the critical temperature. For the S4 model, the results suggest that ξ is characterized by a high-temperature Gaussian branch and by a genuine S4 branch at low temperatures, connected by a “plateau” in the intermediate region.
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