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Zeros of the partition function and dynamical singularities in spin-glass systems

Statistical Mechanics 2013-12-18 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

Abstract

We study spin-glass systems characterized by continuous occurrence of singularities. The theory of Lee-Yang zeros is used to find the singularities. By using the replica method in mean-field systems, we show that two-dimensional distributions of zeros of the partition function in a complex parameter plane are characteristic feature of random systems. The results of several models indicate that the concept of chaos in the spin-glass state is different from that of the replica symmetry breaking. We discuss that a chaotic phase at imaginary temperature is different from the spin-glass phase and is accessible by quantum dynamics in a quenching protocol.

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@article{arxiv.1309.0076,
  title  = {Zeros of the partition function and dynamical singularities in spin-glass systems},
  author = {Kazutaka Takahashi and Tomoyuki Obuchi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.0076},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

11 pages, 6 figures, proceedings of the ICSG2013

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