Energetics and geometry of excitations in random systems
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
2009-10-31 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
Methods for studying droplets in models with quenched disorder are critically examined. Low energy excitations in two dimensional models are investigated by finding minimal energy interior excitations and by computing the effect of bulk perturbations. The numerical data support the assumptions of compact droplets and a single exponent for droplet energy scaling. Analytic calculations show how strong corrections to power laws can result when samples and droplets are averaged over. Such corrections can explain apparent discrepancies in several previous numerical results for spin glasses.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0007375,
title = {Energetics and geometry of excitations in random systems},
author = {A. Alan Middleton},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0007375},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, eps files included