arXiv:0710.4246 · Physical Review B
Critical properties of the four-state commutative random permutation glassy Potts model in three and four dimensions
L. A. Fernández, A. Maiorano, Enzo Marinari, Víctor Martín-Mayor, Denis Navarro, Daniele Sciretti, Alfonso Tarancón, José Luis Velasco
Abstract
We investigate the critical properties of the four-state commutative random permutation glassy Potts model in three and four dimensions by means of Monte Carlo simulations and a finite-size scaling analysis. By using a field programmable gate array, we have been able to thermalize a large number of samples of systems with large volume. This has allowed us to observe a spin-glass ordered phase in $d=4$ and to study the critical properties of the transition. In $d=3$, our results are consistent with the presence of a Kosterlitz-Thouless transition, but also with different scenarios: transient effects due to a value of the lower critical dimension slightly below 3 could be very important.