Field-theory approach to critical behavior of systems with long-range correlated defects

Abstract

A field-theory description of the static and dynamic critical behavior of systems with quenched defects obeying power law correlations $\ensuremath{\sim}|\mathbf{x}{|}^{\ensuremath{-}a}$ for large separations $\mathbf{x}$ is given. Directly, for three-dimensional systems and for different values of the correlation parameter, $2<~a<~3,$ a renormalization analysis of the scaling functions in the two-loop approximation is carried out, and the fixed points corresponding to the stability of various types of critical behavior are identified. The obtained results essentially differ from results evaluated by a double $\ensuremath{\varepsilon},\ensuremath{\delta}$ expansion. The static and dynamic critical exponents in the two-loop approximation are calculated with the use of the Pad\'e-Borel summation technique.