Zero-cutoff identification of constrained free energy
ID: zero-cutoff-identification-of-constrained-free-energy
In a finite box, retain the constant mode while integrating all nonzero field modes using the Wilsonian coarse-grained statistical Hamiltonian. Below the smallest nonzero momentum, the remaining effective energy is and its Boltzmann weight is precisely the constrained order-parameter free energy weight. Thus the displayed equality holds with consistent field-independent normalization. It is not an identity between a bare statistical Hamiltonian and an unconstrained equilibrium free energy. An analytic polynomial Landau free energy further assumes a homogeneous branch and regular effective coefficients; long-distance fluctuations near and below an upper critical dimension can invalidate that analytic approximation.
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