Phase diagram of the quantum random energy model (Q2194173)

The authors study some properties of the quantum random energy model (QREM) which are encoded in its partition function \(Z(\beta, \Gamma ) := 2^{-N} Tr e^{-\beta H}\) at inverse temperature \(\beta\in [0,\infty)\), or, equivalently, its pressure \(p_N (\beta,\Gamma ) := N^{-1} \ln Z(\beta, \Gamma)\). The authors investigate the phase diagram of the QREM as a function of the transversal magnetic field \(\Gamma\) and the temperature \(\beta^{-1}\). The location of the first order and the freezing transition in the phase diagram is verified. For any \(\beta,\Gamma\geq 0\) almost surely, the authors prove that \(\lim\limits_{N\rightarrow \infty}p_N (\beta,\Gamma )=\max\{p^{\mathrm{REM}}(\beta),p^{\mathrm{PAR}}(\beta\Gamma)\},\) where \(p^{\mathrm{PAR}}(\beta\Gamma):=\ln \cosh(\beta\Gamma)\) and the quantity \(p^{\mathrm{REM}}(\beta)\) is the pressure of the random energy model (REM).