Callan–Symanzik method for m-axial Lifshitz points

• Published in: Annals of physics Vol. 324; no. 1; pp. 178 - 204
• Main Authors: Carvalho, Paulo R.S., Leite, Marcelo M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Inc 01-01-2009; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATIONS; Callan–Symanzik method with two independent mass scales; CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Competing systems; Critical exponents; Critical phenomena; CRITICALITY; INDEXES; Lifshitz points; MASS; PERTURBATION THEORY; Physics; RENORMALIZATION; Renormalization group; 64.60.Kw; Lifshitz points; Callan–Symanzik method with two independent mass scales; 75.40.Cx; Competing systems; Critical exponents; Renormalization group
• ISSN: 0003-4916; 1096-035X
• DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2008.05.006

We introduce the Callan–Symanzik method in the description of anisotropic as well as isotropic Lifshitz critical behaviors. Renormalized perturbation theories are defined by normalization conditions with nonvanishing masses and at zero external momenta. We prove the multiplicative renormalizability of the field-theoretic formulation at the critical dimension. The orthogonal approximation is employed to obtain the critical indices ηL2, νL2, ηL4 and νL4 diagrammatically at least up to two-loop order in the anisotropic criticalities. This approximation is also utilized to compute the exponents ηL4 and νL4 in the isotropic case. Furthermore, we compute those exponents exactly for the isotropic behaviors at the same loop order. The results obtained for all exponents are in perfect agreement with those previously derived in the massless theories renormalized at nonzero external momenta.