arXiv · 1704.01390
Numerical construction of the Aizenman-Wehr metastate
Abstract
Chaotic size dependence makes it extremely difficult to take the thermodynamic limit in disordered systems. Instead, the metastate, which is a distribution over thermodynamic states, might have a smooth limit. So far, studies of the metastate have been mostly mathematical. We present a numerical construction of the metastate for the d=3 Ising spin glass. We work in equilibrium, below the critical temperature. Leveraging recent rigorous results, our numerical analysis gives evidence for a "dispersed" metastate, supported on many thermodynamic states.
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A. Billoire, L. A. Fernandez, A. Maiorano, E. Marinari, V. Martin-Mayor, J. Moreno-Gordo, G. Parisi, F. Ricci-Tersenghi, J. J. Ruiz-Lorenzo. 2017-04-05. Numerical construction of the Aizenman-Wehr metastate. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.119.037203
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