Nature of the spin-glass phase at experimental length scales

We present a massive equilibrium simulation of the three-dimensional Ising spin glass at low temperatures. The Janus special-purpose computer has allowed us to equilibrate, using parallel tempering, L = 32 lattices down to T ≈ 0.64Tc. We demonstrate the relevance of equilibrium finite-size simulatio...

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Autores: Fernández Pérez, Luis Antonio, Martín Mayor, Víctor, Muñoz Sudupe, Antonio, otros, ...
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2010
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositório:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/45056
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/45056
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:53
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Replica symmetry-breaking
Monte-Carlo simulations
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Model
Equilibrium
Systems
Dimensions
Computer
Dynamics
Overlaps.
Física (Física)
Física-Modelos matemáticos
22 Física
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Resumo:We present a massive equilibrium simulation of the three-dimensional Ising spin glass at low temperatures. The Janus special-purpose computer has allowed us to equilibrate, using parallel tempering, L = 32 lattices down to T ≈ 0.64Tc. We demonstrate the relevance of equilibrium finite-size simulations to understand experimental non-equilibrium spin glasses in the thermodynamical limit by establishing a time-length dictionary. We conclude that non-equilibrium experiments performed on a time scale of one hour can be matched with equilibrium results on L ≈ 110 lattices. A detailed investigation of the probability distribution functions of the spin and link overlap, as well as of their correlation functions, shows that Replica Symmetry Breaking is the appropriate theoretical framework for the physically relevant length scales. Besides, we improve over existing methodologies to ensure equilibration in parallel tempering simulations.