Stability of the Renormalization Group in the 2D Random Ising and Baxter Models with respect to the Replica Symmetry Breaking

TL;DR

This paper investigates the stability of the renormalization group flows in 2D disordered Ising and Baxter models, finding that RSB effects do not alter critical behavior in these systems, unlike in higher dimensions.

Contribution

It demonstrates that in two-dimensional disordered models, the RG flows are stable against RSB effects, showing asymptotic convergence to replica-symmetric solutions.

Findings

RG flows are stable with respect to RSB in 2D models

RSB degrees of freedom do not affect critical phenomena in studied models

RG equations approach replica-symmetric solutions asymptotically

Abstract

We study the critical properties of the weakly disordered two-dimensional Ising and Baxter models in terms of the renormalization group (RG) theory generalized to take into account the replica symmetry breaking (RSB) effects. Recently it has been shown that the traditional replica-symmetric RG flows in the dimensions $D = 4 - \epsilon$ are unstable with respect to the RSB potentials and a new spin-glass type critical phenomena has been discovered. In contrast, here it is demonstrated that in the considered two-dimensional systems the renormalization-group flows are stable with respect to the RSB modes. It is shown that the solution of the renormalization group equations with arbitrary starting RSB coupling matrix exhibits asymptotic approach to the traditional replica-symmetric ones. Thus, in the leading order the RSB degrees of freedom does not effect the critical phenomena in the two-dimensional weakly disordered Ising and Baxter models studied earlier.