2005/06/08 by David E. Reynolds, Reynolds, David E.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0506204
5 pages, double column, 1 figure
arxiv created 2005/06/10 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
We develop an algorithmic, system-specific renormalization group (RG) procedure that is adapted from model reductions techniques from engineering control theory. The resulting "generalized" RG is a consistent generalization of the Wilsonian RG. We apply the generalized RG to a phi 4-field theory. By considering nonequilibrium in addition to equilibrium observables, we find that naive power counting break down. Additionally, a large class of short-wavelength perturbations can drive the system away from both the Gaussian and Wilson-Fisher fixed points.