Scaling behaviour of the correlation length for the two-point correlation function in the random field Ising chain


Abstract

We study the general behaviour of the correlation length ξ(kT, h) for the two-point correlation function of the local fields in an Ising chain with binary distributed fields. At zero field it is shown that ξ is the same as the zero field correlation length for the spin-spin correlation function. For the field dominated behaviour of ξ we find an exponent for the power law divergence which is smaller than the exponent for the spin-spin correlation length. The entire behaviour of the correlation length can be described by a single crossover scaling function involving the new critical exponent.


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