Renormalization group for spin glasses

Authors
Citation
F. Rosati, Renormalization group for spin glasses, INT J MOD P, 16(11), 2001, pp. 2111-2117
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS A
ISSN journal
0217751X → ACNP
Volume
16
Issue
11
Year of publication
2001
Pages
2111 - 2117
Database
ISI
SICI code
0217-751X(20010430)16:11<2111:RGFSG>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A renormalization group transformation suitable for spin glasses, and more generally for disordered systems, is prsented. The approach is non-standard for two reasons. 1. The coarse graining transformation is performed on the distribution of site overlaps, which clearly is not a. Boltzmann-Gibbs dis tribution. 2. The additional interactions are realized introducing a gauge- field disorder distribution, while the Hamiltonian is kept fixed. Universal ity classes are thus naturally defined on a large set of models, going from Zz and Gaussian spin glasses to Ising and fully frustrated models, and oth ers. The role of frustration and of the deconfinement transition can also b e analysed in terms of fixed points. The proposed analysis is tested numeri cally on the Z(3) Edwards-Anderson model in d = 4. Good estimates of the cr itical index nu and of T-c are obtained, and an RG flow diagram is sketched for the first time.