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Spin glasses: Experimental facts, theoretical concepts, and open questions

Binder, K., Young, A. P.·1986·Reviews of Modern Physics
DOI 10.1103/revmodphys.58.801
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This review summarizes recent developments in the theory of spin glasses, as well as pertinent experimental data. The most characteristic properties of spin glass systems are described, and related phenomena in other glassy systems (dielectric and orientational glasses) are mentioned. The Edwards-Anderson model of spin glasses and its treatment within the replica method and mean-field theory are outlined, and concepts such as "frustration," "broken replica symmetry," "broken ergodicity," etc., are discussed. The dynamic approach to describing the spin glass transition is emphasized. Monte Carlo simulations of spin glasses and the insight gained by them are described. Other topics discussed include site-disorder models, phenomenological theories for the frozen phase and its excitations, phase diagrams in which spin glass order and ferromagnetism or antiferromagnetism compete, the Ne\'el model of superparamagnetism and related approaches, and possible connections between spin glasses and other topics in the theory of disordered condensed-matter systems.

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Authors
Binder, K., & Young, A. P.
Venue
Reviews of Modern Physics
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Published
1986-10-01
Volume
58
Issue
4
Pages
801-976
ISSN
0034-6861 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1103/revmodphys.58.801
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W2000449275
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5,177
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journal article
Language
en
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