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Physical review. B, Condensed matter

Quantump-state Potts spin glass: Transverse-field effects and freezing transition

T. K. Kopeć, G. Büttner

Published Dec 1, 1991• 1 citation
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Abstract

The p-component quantum Potts spin-glass model is considered in the mean-field approximation via the thermo-field-dynamics method. Quantum effects appear as the action of a transverse field \ensuremath{\Gamma} that represents the tunneling frequency between different discrete Potts states. Applying the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick infinite-range-interaction scheme, we estimate the spin-glass phase boundary in the temperature-field (T-\ensuremath{\Gamma}) plane. We find that the transverse field tends to decrease the transition temperature ${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}$(\ensuremath{\Gamma}). However, it turns out that with an increasing number of states p, a pronounced nonmonotonic temperature dependence of ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Gamma}}}_{\mathit{c}}$(T) appears, resulting in a reentrant behavior in the low-temperature region.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.44.12058

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The p-component quantum Potts spin-glass model is considered in the mean-field approximation via the thermofield-dynamics (TFD) method. Quantum effects appear as the action of a transverse field \ensuremath{\Gamma} which represents the tunneling frequency between different discrete Potts states. Applying the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick infinite-interaction-range scheme in the TFD formalism, we find a continuous spin-glass transition for p\ensuremath{\le}6 and discontinuous for p>6 at the field-dependent critical line Tc{\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}Tc​(\ensuremath{\Gamma}), as demonstrated in the jump of the temperature dependence of the spin-glass order parameter. Interestingly, in contrast to the statics the dynamical theory leads to a continuous slowing down as Tc{\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}Tc​(\ensuremath{\Gamma}) is approached from the ergodic side, indicating the existence of the infinitely-long-lived metastable states.
The effect of a transverse field Gamma on spin-glass freezing in the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick version of the quantum Ising model is studied by using the thermo-field-dynamic (TFD) method (the real-time finite-temperature quantum-field theory) due to Takahashi and Umezawa as a substitute for the 'n-replica trick'. An exact effective Lagrangian for the average dynamic causal and response functions is derived by using the functional-integral approach. Furthermore, the properties of the Lagrangian are studied in the mean-field limit by considering the infinite-range random exchange. In this limit the self-consistent equations for the matrix components of the TFD causal Green function are derived with the effective thermal Hamiltonian containing the dynamic spin self-interaction. The static properties of this equation are studied above and below the freezing temperature T c by extracting the time-delocalised parts of dynamic autocorrelations. The self-consistent equations for the spin-glass order parameter and local susceptibility are obtained. The classical ( Gamma to 0) and quantum (T to 0) limits are discussed. The crucial role of the choice of the thermal-state condition for the spin-glass problem and its striking similarity to the non-equilibrium formulation of the TFD are pointed out.
The effect of a transverse field on the spin-glass freezing transition in the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick version of the quantum Ising model is studied using the thermofield dynamics (the real-time, finite-temperature quantum field theory) due to Takahashi and Umezawa (1975) as a substitute for the 'n-replica trick'. The field-dependent transition line to the spin-glass phase is found and the averaged local static metastable susceptibility in the transverse direction is evaluated in the simple mean-field approximation for the effective dynamic Lagrangian.
In the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick (SK) model the effect of a transverse field Delta on the spin glass freezing is studied on the basis of the theory of Thouless, Anderson and Palmer (1977). It is shown from the logarithmic singular point of the free energy in the high-temperature region that T c decreases with increasing Delta . To be consistent with this result the mean-field equation is set up for T<T c . Due to the correlation effect spin flips associated with the transverse field are unlikely to occur at low temperatures and the system eventually undergoes the spin glass transition irrespective of the magnitude of Delta , which is characteristic of the SK model.
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