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Dynamical Replica Theory for Disordered Spin Systems

Condensed Matter 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

We present a new method to solve the dynamics of disordered spin systems on finite time-scales. It involves a closed driven diffusion equation for the joint spin-field distribution, with time-dependent coefficients described by a dynamical replica theory which, in the case of detailed balance, incorporates equilibrium replica theory as a stationary state. The theory is exact in various limits. We apply our theory to both the symmetric- and the non-symmetric Sherrington-Kirkpatrick spin-glass, and show that it describes the (numerical) experiments very well.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9507101,
  title  = {Dynamical Replica Theory for Disordered Spin Systems},
  author = {A. C. C. Coolen and S. N. Laughton and D. Sherrington},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9507101},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages RevTex, 4 figures, for PRL