The continuous spin random field model: Ferromagnetic ordering in d ≥ 3

Reviews in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1269-1314

  Külske, Christof ^a  

^a WIAS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cluster expansions; Contour models; Disordered systems; Random field model; Renormalization group

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040628039     PISSN: 0129055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129055X99000404     Document Type: Article

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