Spin models on non-Euclidean hyperlattices: Griffiths phases without extrinsic disorder

Citation
Jca. D'Auriac et al., Spin models on non-Euclidean hyperlattices: Griffiths phases without extrinsic disorder, J PHYS A, 34(4), 2001, pp. 675-693
Citations number
57
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND GENERAL
ISSN journal
03054470 → ACNP
Volume
34
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
675 - 693
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-4470(20010202)34:4<675:SMONHG>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We study short-range ferromagnetic models residing on planar manifolds with global negative curvature. We show that the local metric properties of the embedding surface induce droplet formation from the boundary, resulting in the stability of a Griffiths phase at a temperature lower than that of the bulk transition. We propose that this behaviour is independent of order pa rameter and hyperlattice specifics, and thus is universal for such non-Eucl idean spin models. Their temperature-curvature phase diagrams are character ized by two distinct bulk and boundary transitions; each has mean-field cri tical behaviour and a finite correlation length related to the curvature of the embedding surface. The implications for experiments on superconducting hyperlattice networks are also discussed.