Entropic long range order in a 3D spin glass model
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
2011-02-24 v3 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
We uncover a new kind of entropic long range order in finite dimensional spin glasses. We study the link-diluted version of the Edwards-Anderson spin glass model with bimodal couplings (J=+/-1) on a 3D lattice. By using exact reduction algorithms, we prove that there exists a region of the phase diagram (at zero temperature and link density low enough), where spins are long range correlated, even if the ground states energy stiffness is null. In other words, in this region twisting the boundary conditions cost no energy, but spins are long range correlated by means of pure entropic effects.
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@article{arxiv.1007.1922,
title = {Entropic long range order in a 3D spin glass model},
author = {Maria Chiara Angelini and Federico Ricci-Tersenghi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.1922},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
15 pages, 6 figures. v3: added a phase diagram for ferromagnetically biased couplings