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Unpublished Paper
The Percolation Signature of the Spin Glass Transition
Journal of Statistical Physics (2008)
  • Jonathan Machta, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • C. M. Newman
  • D. L. Stein
Abstract
Magnetic ordering at low temperature for Ising ferromagnets manifests itself within the associated Fortuin–Kasteleyn (FK) random cluster representation as the occurrence of a single positive density percolating network. In this paper we investigate the percolation signature for Ising spin glass ordering—both in short-range (EA) and infinite-range (SK) models—within a two-replica FK representation and also within the different Chayes–Machta–Redner two-replica graphical representation. Based on numerical studies of the ±J EA model in three dimensions and on rigorous results for the SK model, we conclude that the spin glass transition corresponds to the appearance of two percolating clusters of unequal densities.
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2008
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Prepublished version downloaded from ArXiv. Published version is located at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10955-007-9446-2
Citation Information
Jonathan Machta, C. M. Newman and D. L. Stein. "The Percolation Signature of the Spin Glass Transition" Journal of Statistical Physics (2008)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/joonathan_machta/40/