Fermionic functional renormalization group for first-order phase transitions: a mean-field model

Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons

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17 pages, 8 figures. v2 corrects typos, adds references and a discussion of the literature

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10.1088/1367-2630/8/12/320

First-order phase transitions in many-fermion systems are not detected in the susceptibility analysis of common renormalization-group (RG) approaches. Here we introduce a counterterm technique within the functional renormalization-group (fRG) formalism which allows access to all stable and metastable configurations. It becomes possible to study symmetry-broken states which occur through first-order transitions as well as hysteresis phenomena. For continuous transitions, the standard results are reproduced. As an example, we study discrete-symmetry breaking in a mean-field model for a commensurate charge-density wave. An additional benefit of the approach is that away from the critical temperature for the breaking of discrete symmetries large interactions can be avoided at all RG scales.

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