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arXiv:0803.3792 · Physical Review Letters

Evidence for Universal Scaling in the Spin-Glass Phase

Thomas Jörg, Helmut G. Katzgraber

Published Nov 5, 2008• 19 citations
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Abstract

We perform Monte Carlo simulations of Ising spin-glass models in three and four dimensions, as well as of Migdal-Kadanoff spin glasses on a hierarchical lattice. Our results show strong evidence for universal scaling in the spin-glass phase in all three models. Not only does this allow for a clean way to compare results obtained from different coupling distributions, it also suggests that a so far elusive renormalization group approach within the spin-glass phase may actually be feasible.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.101.197205

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