Published June 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

Spatial inhomogeneity and thermodynamic chaos

  • 1. Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, New York 10012 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 (United States)

Description

We present a coherent approach to the competition between thermodynamic states in spatially inhomogeneous systems, such as the Edwards-Anderson spin glass with a fixed coupling realization. This approach, modeled on chaotic dynamical systems, leads to a classification of the allowable structures for replicas and their overlaps. copyright 1996 The American Physical Society

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
76
Journal Issue
25
Journal Page Range
p. 4821-4824.
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
27076651
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
DISPERSION RELATIONS; DYNAMICS; ISING MODEL; METASTASES; REPLICAS; SPIN GLASS STATE; THERMODYNAMICS
Descriptors DEC
CRYSTAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICS