The three-dimensional Ising spin glass in an external magnetic field: the role of the silent majority

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/2014/05/P05014zbMATH Open1456.82900arXiv1403.2622OpenAlexW2014923434WikidataQ57338348 ScholiaQ57338348MaRDI QIDQ3301953FDOQ3301953

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Publication date: 11 August 2020

Published in: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We perform equilibrium parallel-tempering simulations of the 3D Ising Edwards-Anderson spin glass in a field. A traditional analysis shows no signs of a phase transition. Yet, we encounter dramatic fluctuations in the behaviour of the model: Averages over all the data only describe the behaviour of a small fraction of it. Therefore we develop a new approach to study the equilibrium behaviour of the system, by classifying the measurements as a function of a conditioning variate. We propose a finite-size scaling analysis based on the probability distribution function of the conditioning variate, which may accelerate the convergence to the thermodynamic limit. In this way, we find a non-trivial spectrum of behaviours, where a part of the measurements behaves as the average, while the majority of them shows signs of scale invariance. As a result, we can estimate the temperature interval where the phase transition in a field ought to lie, if it exists. Although this would-be critical regime is unreachable with present resources, the numerical challenge is finally well posed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.2622

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stochastic analysis in statistical mechanics (82M60) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30)

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