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Title: Equilibrium dynamics of spin-glass systems

Journal Article · · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Roma 'La Sapienza', Istituto Nazionale Fisica della Materia, Unita di Roma, Rome (Italy)

We present a critical analysis of the Sompolinsky theory of equilibrium dynamics. By using the spherical 2+p spin-glass model we test the asymptotic static limit of the Sompolinsky solution showing that it fails to yield a thermodynamically stable solution. We then present an alternative formulation, based on the Crisanti, Hoerner, and Sommers [Z. Phys. B: Condens. Matter 92, 257 (1993)] dynamical solution of the spherical p-spin spin-glass model, reproducing a stable static limit that coincides, in the case of a one step replica symmetry breaking ansatz, with the solution at the dynamic free energy threshold at which the relaxing system gets stuck off equilibrium. We formally extend our analysis to any number of replica symmetry breakings R. In the limit R{yields}{infinity}, both formulations lead to the Parisi antiparabolic differential equation. This is the special case, though, where no dynamic blocking threshold occurs. The formulation does not contain the additional order parameter {delta} of the Sompolinsky theory.

OSTI ID:
20957800
Journal Information:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 75, Issue 14; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.144301; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1098-0121
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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