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Supersymmetric complexity in the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick model.

Alessia Annibale1, Andrea Cavagna, Irene Giardina

  • 1Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza and Center for Statistical Mechanics and Complexity, INFM Roma 1, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy.

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
|February 3, 2004
PubMed
Summary

We computed the complexity of metastable states in spin-glass models using supersymmetry. This method equals the Legendre transform of free energy, offering a new way to calculate complexity and entropy in glassy systems.

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Area of Science:

  • Statistical mechanics
  • Condensed matter physics
  • Supersymmetric quantum mechanics

Background:

  • The Sherrington-Kirkpatrick (SK) model is a canonical model for spin-glass behavior.
  • Understanding metastable states and their properties (like complexity and entropy) is crucial in glassy systems.
  • Traditional methods for calculating these properties can be computationally intensive.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compute the complexity of metastable states in the SK spin-glass model.
  • To establish a connection between supersymmetric complexity and thermodynamic free energy.
  • To explore the utility of supersymmetry in calculating the entropy of metastable states in generic glassy systems.

Main Methods:

  • Application of a supersymmetric approach to the SK model.

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  • Computation of the supersymmetric complexity.
  • Relating supersymmetric complexity to the Legendre transform of the thermodynamic free energy.

    • Main Results:

    • The supersymmetric complexity was computed for the metastable states of the SK model.
    • A direct equality was proven between the supersymmetric complexity and the Legendre transform of the thermodynamic free energy.
    • This provides an explicit method to determine complexity from known free energy.

    Conclusions:

    • Supersymmetry offers a powerful and potentially simpler tool for calculating the complexity of metastable states.
    • The established relationship provides a concrete method for determining complexity from free energy.
    • The findings suggest that supersymmetry can be a valuable technique for calculating the entropy of metastable states in a broader range of glassy systems.