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arXiv:0708.2966 · Physical Review B

Quantum fluctuations in the transverse Ising spin glass model: A field theory of random quantum spin systems

Kazutaka Takahashi

Published Nov 19, 2007• 22 citations
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Abstract

We develop a mean-field theory for random quantum spin systems using the spin coherent state path integral representation. After the model is reduced to the mean-field one-body Hamiltonian, the integral is analyzed with the aid of several methods such as the semiclassical method and the gauge transformation. As an application we consider the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick model in a transverse field. Using the Landau expansion and its improved versions, we give a detailed analysis of the imaginary-time dependence of the order parameters. Integrating out the quantum part of the order parameters, we obtain the effective renormalized free energy written in terms of the classically defined order parameters. Our method allows us to obtain the spin glass-paramagnetic phase transition point $\ensuremath{\Gamma}∕J\ensuremath{\sim}1.62$ at $T=0$.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.76.184422

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We construct a complete numerically exact solution of a mean-field quantum spin glass model---the transverse field Sherrington-Kirkpatrick model---by implementing a continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo method in the presence of full replica symmetry breaking. We extract the full numerically exact phase diagram, displaying a glassy phase with continuous replica symmetry breaking at small transverse fields and low temperatures. A paramagnetic phase emerges once thermal and quantum fluctuations melt the spin glass. We characterize both phases by extracting the order parameter as well as the static and dynamical local spin susceptibilities. The static susceptibility shows a plateau in the glassy phase, but it remains smooth across the phase boundary. For the imaginary part of the dynamical susceptibility, we find an Ohmic, i.e., linear in $\ensuremath{\omega}$, scaling for small frequencies $\ensuremath{\omega}$, with a slope independent of the transverse field. These results compare qualitatively well with ac susceptibility measurements on a dipole-coupled three-dimensional Ising magnet---the ${\mathrm{LiHo}}_{x}{\mathrm{Y}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}{\mathrm{F}}_{4}$ compound---in a transverse magnetic field. Our work provides a general framework for the exact numerical solution of mean-field quantum glass models, and it constitutes an important step towards understanding glassiness in realistic systems.
This study investigates the quantum effects in transverse-field Ising spin glass models with rotationally invariant random interactions. The primary aim is to evaluate the validity of a quasistatic approach that captures the imaginary-time dependence of the order parameters beyond the conventional static approximation. Using the replica method combined with the Suzuki-Trotter decomposition, we established a stability condition for the replica symmetric solution, which is analogous to the de Almeida-Thouless criterion. Numerical analysis of the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick model estimates a value of the critical transverse field, Γ_{c}, which is consistent with previous Monte Carlo-based estimations. For the Hopfield model, it provides an estimate of Γ_{c}, which has not been previously evaluated. For the random orthogonal model, our analysis suggests that quantum effects alter the random first-order transition scenario in the low-temperature limit. This study supports a quasistatic treatment for analyzing quantum spin glasses and may offer useful insights into the analysis of quantum optimization algorithms.
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We consider a long-range Ising antiferromagnet put in a transverse field (LRTIAF) with disorder. We have obtained the phase diagrams for both the classical and quantum cases. For the pure case applying quantum Monte Carlo method, we study the variation in order parameter (spin correlation in the Trotter direction), susceptibility, and average energy of the system for various values of the transverse field at different temperatures. The antiferromagnetic order is seen to get immediately broken as soon as the thermal or quantum fluctuations are added. We discuss generally the phase diagram for the same LRTIAF model with perturbative Sherrington-Kirkpatrick-type disorder. We find that while the antiferromagnetic order is immediately broken as one adds an infinitesimal transverse field or thermal fluctuation to the pure LRTIAF system, an infinitesimal SK spin-glass disorder is enough to induce a stable glass order in the LRTIAF. This glass order eventually gets destroyed as the thermal or quantum fluctuations are increased beyond their threshold values and the transition to paramagnetic phase occurs. Analytical studies for the phase transitions are discussed in details in each case. These transitions have been confirmed by applying classical and quantum Monte Carlo methods. We show here that the disordered LRTIAF has a surrogate incubation property of the SK spin glass phase.
The present work analyzes the fermionic Ising spin glass model in a transverse magnetic field. The problem is written in the Grand Canonical ensemble with the spin operators represented by bilinear combinations of fermionic fields. The transverse field is a spin "flip" mechanism and inserts quantum fluctuations, which can lead the transition temperature Tj to quantum critical point (QCP). In this case, the phase transition from spin glass to paramagnetic phases occurs in T = o. On the other hand, charge fluctuations controlled by chemical potentiall-L show the existence of a tricritical point. The replica method with replica symmetry and static approximation are used to solve this problem. However, the replica symmetry solution shows some problems, like negative entropy in low temperatures. Thus, the stability conditions are derived to test the generated solution of this IDodel. The main purpose of this work is to study the competition between spin glass and paramagnetic phases with both quantum and charge fluctuations. After the stability conditions are derived, a detailed sight into the generated solution is shown under the form of diagrams phase. The stability conditions, however, show another applications in the present problem, once they can be used, for instance, in the tricritical point derivation.