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1Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
Abstract:
We introduce a solvable spherical model of coupled oscillators with fully random interactions and distributed natural frequencies. Using the dynamical mean-field theory, we derive self-consistent equations for the stationary response and correlation functions. We show that the finite-temperature spin-glass transition is suppressed for any nonmonodisperse natural-frequency distribution, including continuous, discrete, and asymmetric distributions, because the resulting low-frequency singularity of the correlation function is incompatible with the spherical constraint. At zero temperature, however, a spin-glass phase persists for arbitrary frequency dispersion. This residual zero-temperature glassiness is likely a special feature of the spherical dynamics and would be destroyed by local nonlinearities. The model thus provides a solvable oscillator framework for studying how nonequilibrium perturbations suppress finite-temperature glassy freezing.
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