Published October 1, 2007 | Version v1
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Comment on 'Spherical 2+p spin-glass model: An analytically solvable model with a glass-to-glass transition'

  • 1. Laboratoire de Chimie, UMR CNRS 5182, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, 46 Allee d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07 (France)

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Guided by old results on simple mode-coupling models displaying glass-glass transitions, we demonstrate, through a crude analysis of the solution with one step of replica symmetry breaking (1RSB) derived by Crisanti and Leuzzi for the spherical s+p mean-field spin glass [Phys. Rev. B 73, 014412 (2006)], that the phase behavior of these systems is not yet fully understood when s and p are well separated. First, there seems to be a possibility of glass-glass transition scenarios in these systems. Second, we find clear indications that the 1RSB solution cannot be correct in the full glassy phase. Therefore, while the proposed analysis is clearly naive and probably inexact, it definitely calls for a reassessment of the physics of these systems, with the promise of potentially interesting developments in the theory of disordered and complex systems

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Journal Title
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Journal Volume
76
Journal Issue
13
Journal Page Range
p. 136401-136401.4
ISSN
1098-0121

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39069565
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
GLASS; MEAN-FIELD THEORY; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; REPLICAS; SPHERICAL CONFIGURATION; SPIN GLASS STATE; SYMMETRY BREAKING
Descriptors DEC
CONFIGURATION

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