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Area of Science:

  • Statistical Mechanics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Disordered Systems

Background:

  • Studying discrete and continuous coupling distributions in spin glasses requires unified frameworks.
  • The ±J spin glass (m=1) and Gaussian spin glass (m→∞) represent key discrete and continuous models, respectively.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Introduce the binomial spin glass model to bridge discrete and continuous coupling distributions.
  • Investigate the impact of coupling distribution limits on ground-state entropy and degeneracies.
  • Determine the crossover length scale between discrete and continuous coupling behaviors.

Main Methods:

  • Developed the binomial spin glass model using sums of Bernoulli random variables.
  • Analyzed short-range Ising models on d-dimensional hypercubic lattices.
  • Derived upper bounds for ground-state entropy density and examined scaling behavior.
  • Performed exact calculations of defect energies.

Main Results:

  • Established an upper bound for ground-state entropy density: (sqrt[d/2m]+1/N)ln2.
  • Demonstrated that binomial spin glass entropy follows the scaling behavior implied by the bound.
  • Uncovered noncommutativity between thermodynamic and continuous coupling limits, affecting degeneracies.
  • Identified a crossover length scale L*(m) where discrete couplings become irrelevant.

Conclusions:

  • The binomial spin glass provides a unified framework for studying coupling distributions.
  • The order of taking thermodynamic and continuous limits is crucial for spin glass properties.
  • Discrete couplings are irrelevant at large scales in systems with finite-temperature spin-glass phases.