English

Free-Energy Barriers in the SK Model

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The Sherrington-Kirkpatrick spin-glass model is investigated by means of Monte Carlo simulations employing a combination of the multi-overlap algorithm with parallel tempering methods. We investigate the finite-size scaling behaviour of the free-energy barriers which are visible in the probability density of the Parisi overlap parameter. Assuming that the mean barrier height diverges with the number of spins N as N^alpha, our data show good agreement with the theoretical value alpha = 1/3.

Cite

@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0603526,
  title  = {Free-Energy Barriers in the SK Model},
  author = {Elmar Bittner and Wolfhard Janke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0603526},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

7 pages, 4 figures