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Based on the 1/n-expansion derived in a previous paper, the displacement fluctuations are analyzed in a quantum n-vector model of anharmonic crystal in the large n regime. It is shown that in the ferroelectric phase the n→∞ limit of the local fluctuation field has faster large-distance correlation decay than its Hartree–Fock approximation. Also, the critical exponent of the global displacement fluctuation is strictly smaller there than the Hartree–Fock exponent. In particular, the displacement fluctuations may be normal in the ferroelectric phase in spite of the Hartree–Fock prediction.
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Angelescu, N., Verbeure, A. & Zagrebnov, V.A. Quantum n-Vector Anharmonic Crystal II: Displacement Fluctuations. Journal of Statistical Physics 100, 829–851 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018715125648
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