English

Time reparametrization symmetry in spin glass models

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2009-11-13 v2 Soft Condensed Matter Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We study the long-time aging dynamics of spin-glass models with two-spin interactions by performing a Renormalization Group transformation on the time variable in the non-equilibrium dynamical generating functional. We obtain the RG equations and find that the flow converges to an exact fixed point. We show that this fixed point is invariant under reparametrizations of the time variable. This continuous symmetry is broken, as evidenced by the fact that the observed correlations and responses are not invariant under it. We argue that this gives rise to the presence of Goldstone modes, and that those Goldstone modes shape the behavior of fluctuations in the nonequilibrium dynamics.

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@article{arxiv.0801.0014,
  title  = {Time reparametrization symmetry in spin glass models},
  author = {Horacio E. Castillo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.0014},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

v2: Added a more detailed discussion of the physical consequences of the symmetry. (14 pages, no figures) v1: 11 pages, no figures

R2 v1 2026-06-21T09:58:10.921Z