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Polarizability Fluctuations in Dielectric Materials with Quenched Disorder
Physical Review E
  • Z. G. Yu, Iowa State University
  • Xueyu Song, Iowa State University
  • David Chandler, University of California - Berkeley
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
10-1-2000
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevE.62.4698
Abstract

We study a model of dielectric response for spatially disordered materials. In this model the local polarizability αr is a quenched random variable. From a one-loop level renormalization-group analysis, we predict that with increasing length scale L, the dimensionless fluctuation strength α¯σ,where 1/α¯ and σ2 are the average and the variance of the distribution for 1/αr, decays as 1/L2universally at large length scales. The interplay of the random polarizability and the long-range dipole-dipole interaction is discussed.

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This article is from Physical Review E 62 (2000: 4698, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.62.4698. Posted with permission.

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American Physical Society
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en
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Citation Information
Z. G. Yu, Xueyu Song and David Chandler. "Polarizability Fluctuations in Dielectric Materials with Quenched Disorder" Physical Review E Vol. 62 Iss. 4 (2000) p. 4698 - 4701
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/xueyu-song/36/