Spin Glasses Criticality and Energy Landscapes /

• Main Author: Baity Jesi, Marco (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Phase transitions (Statistical physics).; Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.; Numerical and Computational Physics.; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

This thesis addresses the surprising features of zero-temperature statics and dynamics of several spin glass models, including correlations between soft spins that arise spontaneously during avalanches, and the discovery of localized states that involve the presence of two-level systems. It also pre...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The Ising Spin Glass in a Feld
• Heisenberg Spin Glass with Random Exchange Anisotropy
• Energy Landscape of m-component Spin Glasses
• Zero-temperature Dynamics
• Soft Modes and Localization in Spin Glasses
• Conclusions. .