INSTABILITIES AND REPLICA-SYMMETRY BREAKING IN THE 4-STATE CLOCK SPIN-GLASS

Authors
JUNIOR EN NOBRE FD DEALMEIDA JRL COUTINHO SG
Citation
En. Junior et al., INSTABILITIES AND REPLICA-SYMMETRY BREAKING IN THE 4-STATE CLOCK SPIN-GLASS, Journal of physics. A, mathematical and general, 27(13), 1994, pp. 4369-4377
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Journal of physics. A, mathematical and general → ACNP
ISSN journal
03054470
Volume
27
Issue
13
Year of publication
1994
Pages
4369 - 4377
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-4470(1994)27:13<4369:IARBIT>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The infinite-range four-state clock spin glass, in the presence of an arbitrary magnetic field, is investigated by the replica method. The a ppropriate replica-symmetry breaking scheme is discussed for this mode l. It is shown that two distinct Almeida-Thouless lines are possible, depending on the direction of the applied field. The full phase diagra m of the model, showing its instability regions, is presented and disc ussed.