The magnetization
m as a function of magnetic field
h for various temperatures is numerically obtained for the one-dimensional random-bond Ising model with each bond energy either
+J or $\ensuremath{-}J$ with equal probability. For high temperatures (
JkT> 0.6) the results obtained agree with those of Landau and Blume. We have obtained
m vs
h for low temperatures as a numerical approach to the zero-temperature limit.
We study the three-dimensional quantum Ising spin glass in a transverse magnetic field following the evolution of the bond probability distribution under renormalization-group transformations. The phase diagram (critical temperature
Tc vs transverse field \ensuremath{\Gamma}) we obtain shows a finite slope near T=0, in contrast with the infinite slope for the pure case. Our results compare very well with the experimental data recently obtained for the dipolar Ising spin glass
LiHo0.167Y0.833F4, in a transverse field. This indicates that this system is more appropriately described by a model with short-range interactions than by an equivalent Sherrington-Kirkpatrick model in a transverse field.