Non-equilibrium dynamics of polymers and interfaces in random media: conjecture ψ =ds/2 for the barrier exponent

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/41/11/115002zbMATH Open1214.82117arXiv0712.3358OpenAlexW2040571911MaRDI QIDQ5456531FDOQ5456531

Authors: Cécile Monthus, Thomas Garel 

Publication date: 8 April 2008

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider various random models (directed polymer, random ferromagnets, spin-glasses) in their disorder-dominated phases, where the free-energy cost $F(L)$ of an excitation of length $L$ presents fluctuations that grow as a power-law $DeltaF(L)sim{L}^{heta}$ with the 'droplet' exponent $heta$. Within the droplet theory, the energy and entropy of such excitations present fluctuations that grow as $DeltaE(L)simDeltaS(L)sim{L}^{d_s/2}$ where $d_s$ is the dimension of the surface of the excitation. These systems usually present a positive 'chaos' exponent $zeta=d_s/2-heta>0$, meaning that the free-energy fluctuation of order $L^{heta}$ is a near-cancellation of much bigger energy and entropy fluctuations of order $L^{d_s/2}$. Within the standard droplet theory, the dynamics is characterized by a barrier exponent $psi$ satisfying the bounds $hetaleqpsileqd-1$. In this paper, we argue that a natural value for this barrier exponent is $psi=d_s/2$ : (i) for the directed polymer where $d_s=1$, this corresponds to $psi=1/2$ in all dimensions; (ii) for disordered ferromagnets where $d_s=d-1$, this corresponds to $psi=(d-1)/2$; (iii) for spin-glasses where interfaces have a non-trivial dimension $d_s$ known numerically, our conjecture $psi=d_s/2$ gives numerical predictions in $d=2$ and $d=3$. We compare these values with the available numerical results for each case, in particular with the measure $psisimeq0.49$ of Kolton, Rosso, Giamarchi, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 180604 (2005) for the non-equilibrium dynamics of a directed elastic string.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.3358

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Statistical mechanics of magnetic materials (82D40) Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60)

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