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J. Phys. I France
Volume 3, Numéro 11, November 1993
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| Page(s) | 2171 - 2177 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jp1:1993239 | |
DOI: 10.1051/jp1:1993239
J. Phys. I France 3 (1993) 2171-2177
1 CEA-Centre d'études de Limeil-Valenton, Service Théorie et Etudes Nouvelles, 94195 Villeneuve-St-Georges Cedex, France
2 CEA-Centre d'études de Saclay, Service de Physique Théorique, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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J. Phys. I France 3 (1993) 2171-2177
Replica field theory for composite media
M. Barthélémy1 and H. Orland21 CEA-Centre d'études de Limeil-Valenton, Service Théorie et Etudes Nouvelles, 94195 Villeneuve-St-Georges Cedex, France
2 CEA-Centre d'études de Saclay, Service de Physique Théorique, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
(Received 28 June 1993, accepted 21 July 1993)
Abstract
In this paper, we use the replica trick in order to compute the effective permittivity of a medium where the local permittivity
is a random binary variable. A Gaussian variational treatment leads us to self-consistent equations which are solved and yield
a replica diagonal solution (no replica symmetry breaking). We obtain an effective-medium formula previously derived by a
cumulant expansion. This formula is satisfactory from many points of views (Hashin and Shtrikman bounds, low density expansion,
etc) showing that the replica method does not violate some basic principles.
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