Polarizability fluctuations in dielectric materials with quenched disorder
Author(s) -
Zhi Yu,
Xueyu Song,
David Chandler
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
physical review. e, statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1095-3787
pISSN - 1063-651X
DOI - 10.1103/physreve.62.4698
Subject(s) - polarizability , dielectric , condensed matter physics , materials science , physics , quantum mechanics , optoelectronics , molecule
We study a model of dielectric response for spatially disordered materials. In this model the local polarizability alpha(r) 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 alpha;sigma, where 1/alpha; and sigma(2) are the average and the variance of the distribution for 1/alpha(r), decays as 1/L(2) universally at large length scales. The interplay of the random polarizability and the long-range dipole-dipole interaction is discussed.
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