On superuniversality in the $q$-state Potts model with quenched disorder

Gesualdo Delfino, Elena Tartaglia

Published 2017-09-01Version 1

We obtain the exact scale invariant scattering solutions for two-dimensional field theories with replicated permutational symmetry $\mathbb{S}_q$. After sending to zero the number of replicas they correspond to the renormalization group fixed points of the $q$-state Potts model with quenched disorder. We find that all solutions with non-zero disorder possess $q$-independent sectors, pointing to superuniversality (i.e. symmetry independence) of some critical exponents. The solution corresponding to the random bond ferromagnet, for which disorder vanishes as $q\to 2$, allows for superuniversality of the correlation length exponent $\nu$ [PRL 118 (2017) 250601]. Of the two solutions which are strongly disordered for all values of $q$, one is completely $q$-independent and accounts for the zero-temperature percolation fixed point of the randomly bond diluted ferromagnet. The other is the main candidate to describe the Nishimori-like fixed point of the Potts model with $\pm J$ disorder, and points to superuniversality of the magnetic exponent $\eta$. Available numerical data are consistent with the latter scenario but not conclusive.