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Tmp84e3 TMP
Tmp84e3 TMP
S. V. Panyukov
L. D. Landau Institute of Theoretical Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow
G (XIXZ)
=
(PC
(xi)PC (x2))
= (PIC
(X,))(PIC
( ~ 2 ) ) GIc (~1x2) G F ( x ~ x ~ ) ,
where the averaging is performed over all possible configurations of bonds and the function G, is called the connectedness function of the finite clusters. To calculate the correlation function GI, of interest, i.e., the correlation function of
the density of sites of the IC, we make use of the correspondence between the percolation problem and the Potts model
with q state^,^ the Hamiltonian of which in the spin formulation has the form
where the first sum is taken over nearest neighbors and the
spin S ( x ) at site x is equal to one of the q vectors e'"' directed
from the center to the vertices of a (q - 1)-dimensional tetrahedron:
a- i
a-i
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G ( ~ 1 x 2=) lim
Following Ref. 7 , we give for completeness a brief derivation of the relation (5). We represent the spin correlation
function in the form
nontrivial
= (pic ) = 1 - (p,)
= 1 - exp( - l/z)
0-1
Since in the ground state of type o the spin S ( 4 ) has a definite direction e'") we must distinguish the fluctuations of its
modulus and of its direction. Therefore, the spin correlation
function has the form
(Sa(xl)Sg( x z )) ( o ) = ( S a( X I ) ) ( a ) ( S B ( x)(a)
z)
GIc ( X I & ) ea(")eg(0)+
GF ( x l x Z1) 3 ~ ~ .
(8)
Equation ( 1 3 ) shows that in the self-consistent field approximation an IC can be regarded as an aggregate of clusters of
finite size. The local structure of an IC near each of the
points x and x' is the same as that in these finite clusters, and
is described by the corresponding factors P, in ( 1 3 ) . The
summation over the common coordinate x" of these clusters
takes account of the fact that in reality these clusters are
parts of one IC.
Neglect of the fluctuations of the field pa is valid for
z) 1, not too close to the transition point. To study the spatial characteristics of the IC in the fluctuation region we
expand the Lagrangian (9) in powers of the field pa:
-h-' (x-x')
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(10)
( v ~ ( x ~ ) v B ( x ~ ) v ~ ( x ~ ) ) = G ( x < x ~ x( 1~6)) ~ ~ ~ T ,
where
Y , 17, and fl are critical indices of percolation theory. At
p >p, a condensate appears:
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and the perturbation-theory diagram technique should include condensate lines. Their contribution to the self-energy
part is determined by the skeleton-diagram series in the figure. For x,, (6 the solid lines correspond to the function
Xz
X..
x,
Xz
i-1
1,
GI,( a )zp.
Ford = 6 (the upper critical dimensionality for percolation theory) the IC correlation function ( 19) coincides
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properties of a three-dimensional IC can be studied by immersing into a liquid a porous material that was above the
percolation threshold. In the bulk of the sample the liquid
fills only the IC structure, and this makes it possible to distinguish the IC among the clusters of finite size. In polymer
systems this end is achieved by washing the finite molecules
out of the gel network.
The author expresses his gratitude to S. P. Obukhov for
a discussion of the results obtained.
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