Phys. Rev. B 68, 054411 (2003) [10 pages]Quantum critical behavior in disordered itinerant ferromagnets: Instability of the ferromagnetic phaseReceived 22 January 2003; published 19 August 2003 An effective field theory is derived, which describes the quantum critical behavior of itinerant ferromagnets, as the transition is approached from the ferromagnetic phase. This complements a recent study of the critical behavior on the paramagnetic side of the phase transition, and investigates the role of the ferromagnetic Goldstone modes near criticality. We find that the Goldstone modes have no direct impact on the critical behavior, and that the critical exponents are the same as determined by combining results from the paramagnetic phase with scaling arguments. © 2003 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.68.054411
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.68.054411
PACS:
75.20.En, 75.10.Lp, 75.40.Cx, 75.40.Gb
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