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Ultrametricity and clustering of states in spin glasses: A one-dimensional view

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2009-01-26 v2

Abstract

We present results from Monte Carlo simulations to test for ultrametricity and clustering properties in spin-glass models. By using a one-dimensional Ising spin glass with random power-law interactions where the universality class of the model can be tuned by changing the power-law exponent, we find signatures of ultrametric behavior both in the mean-field and non-mean-field universality classes for large linear system sizes. Furthermore, we confirm the existence of nontrivial connected components in phase space via a clustering analysis of configurations.

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@article{arxiv.0807.3513,
  title  = {Ultrametricity and clustering of states in spin glasses: A one-dimensional view},
  author = {Helmut G. Katzgraber and Alexander K. Hartmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.3513},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures, 1 table