Callan–Symanzik method for m-axial Lifshitz points Original Research Article

We introduce the Callan–Symanzik method in the description of anisotropic as well as isotropic Lifshitz critical behaviors. Renormalized perturbation theories are defined by normalization conditions with nonvanishing masses and at zero external momenta. We prove the multiplicative renormalizability of the field-theoretic formulation at the critical dimension. The orthogonal approximation is employed to obtain the critical indices image, image, image and image diagrammatically at least up to two-loop order in the anisotropic criticalities. This approximation is also utilized to compute the exponents image and image in the isotropic case. Furthermore, we compute those exponents exactly for the isotropic behaviors at the same loop order. The results obtained for all exponents are in perfect agreement with those previously derived in the massless theories renormalized at nonzero external momenta.