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Yoshihiko Nonomura

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arXiv2002

Bragg-Bose glass phase in vortex states of high-$T_{\rm c}$ superconductors with sparse and weak columnar defects

Phase diagram of vortex states of high-$T_{\rm c}$ superconductors with {\it sparse and weak} columnar defects is obtained by large-scale Monte Carlo simulations of the three-dimensional anisotropic, frustrated XY model. The Bragg-Bose glass phase characterized by hexagonal Bragg spots and the diverging tilt modulus is observed numerically for the first time at low density of columnar defects. As the density of defects increases, the melting temperature increases owing to "selected pinning" of flux lines. When the density of defects further increases, the transition to the Bose glass phase occurs. The interstitial liquid region is observed between these two glass phases and the vortex liquid phase.

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arXiv2001

Effects of point defects on the phase diagram of vortex states in high-Tc superconductors in B//c axis

The phase diagram for the vortex states of high-$T_{\rm c}$ superconductors with point defects in $\vec{B} \parallel c$ axis is drawn by large-scale Monte Carlo simulations. The vortex slush (VS) phase is found between the vortex glass (VG) and vortex liquid (VL) phases. The first-order transition between this novel normal phase and the VL phase is characterized by a sharp jump of the density of dislocations. The first-order transition between the Bragg glass (BG) and VG or VS phases is also clarified. These two transitions are compared with the melting transition between the BG and VL phases.

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arXiv2000

Evidence of first-order transition between vortex glass and Bragg glass phases in high-$T_{\rm c}$ superconductors with point pins: Monte Carlo simulations

Phase transition between the vortex glass and the Bragg glass phases in high-$T_{\rm c}$ superconductors in $\vec{B}\parallel\vec{c}$ is studied by Monte Carlo simulations in the presence of point pins. A finite latent heat and a $δ$-function peak of the specific heat are observed, which clearly indicates that this is a thermodynamic first-order phase transition. Values of the entropy jump and the Lindemann number are consistent with those of melting transitions. A large jump of the inter-layer phase difference is consistent with the recent Josephson plasma resonance experiment of Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+y}$ by Gaifullin {\it et al.}

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arXiv1999

Flux-line entanglement as the mechanism of melting transition in high-temperature superconductors in a magnetic field

The mechanism of the flux-line-lattice (FLL) melting in anisotropic high-T_c superconductors in ${\bf B}\parallel {\bf \hat{c}}$ is clarified by Monte Carlo simulations of the 3D frustrated XY model. The percentage of entangled flux lines abruptly changes at the melting temperature T_m, while no sharp change can be found in the number and size distribution of vortex loops around T_m. Therefore, the origin of this melting transition is the entanglement of flux lines. Scaling behaviors of physical quantities are consistent with the above mechanism of the FLL melting. The Lindemann number is also evaluated without any phenomenological arguments.

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arXiv1998

New quantum Monte Carlo study of quantum critical phenomena with Trotter-number-dependent finite-size scaling and non-equilibrium relaxation

We propose a new efficient scheme for the quantum Monte Carlo study of quantum critical phenomena in quantum spin systems. Rieger and Young's Trotter-number-dependent finite-size scaling in quantum spin systems and Ito {\it et al.}'s evaluation of the transition point with the non-equilibrium relaxation in classical spin systems are combined and generalized. That is, only one Trotter number and one inverse temperature proportional to system sizes are taken for each system size, and the transition point of the transformed classical spin model is estimated as the point at which the order parameter shows power-law decay. The present scheme is confirmed by the determination of the critical phenomenon of the one-dimensional $S=1/2$ asymmetric XY model in the ground state. The estimates of the transition point and the critical exponents $β$, $γ$ and $ν$ are in good agreement with the exact solutions. The dynamical critical exponent is also estimated as ${\mit Δ}=2.14(I4(Jpm 0.06$, which is consistent with that of the two-dimensional Ising model.

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arXiv1996

Quantum Effects in Neural Networks

We develop the statistical mechanics of the Hopfield model in a transverse field to investigate how quantum fluctuations affect the macroscopic behavior of neural networks. When the number of embedded patterns is finite, the Trotter decomposition reduces the problem to that of a random Ising model. It turns out that the effects of quantum fluctuations on macroscopic variables play the same roles as those of thermal fluctuations. For an extensive number of embedded patterns, we apply the replica method to the Trotter-decomposed system. The result is summarized as a ground-state phase diagram drawn in terms of the number of patterns per site, $α$, and the strength of the transverse field, $Δ$. The phase diagram coincides very accurately with that of the conventional classical Hopfield model if we replace the temperature T in the latter model by $Δ$. Quantum fluctuations are thus concluded to be quite similar to thermal fluctuations in determination of the macroscopic behavior of the present model.

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arXiv1996

Quantum Hopfield Model

The Hopfield model in a transverse field is investigated in order to clarify how quantum fluctuations affect the macroscopic behavior of neural networks. Using the Trotter decomposition and the replica method, we find that the $α$ (the ratio of the number of stored patterns to the system size)-$Δ$ (the strength of the transverse field) phase diagram of this model in the ground state resembles the $α$-$T$ phase diagram of the Hopfield model quantitatively, within the replica-symmetric and static approximations. This fact suggests that quantum fluctuations play quite similar roles to thermal fluctuations in neural networks as long as macroscopic properties are concerned.

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arXiv1996

Exact Ground-State Energy of the Ising Spin Glass on Strips

We propose a new method for exact analytical calculation of the ground-state energy of the Ising spin glass on strips. An outstanding advantage of this method over the numerical transfer matrix technique is that the energy is obtained for complex values of the probability describing quenched randomness. We study the $\pm J$ and the site-random models using this method for strips of various sizes up to $5\times\infty$. The ground-state energy of these models is found to have singular points in the complex-probability plane, reminiscent of Lee-Yang zeros in the complex-field plane for the Ising ferromagnet. The $\pm J$ Ising model has a series of singularities which may approach a limiting point around $p \sim 0.9$ on the real axis in the limit of infinite width.

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arXiv1995

Ground-State Phase Diagram of the Two-Dimensional Quantum Heisenberg Mattis Model

The two-dimensional $S=1/2$ asymmetric Heisenberg Mattis model is investigated with the exact diagonalization of finite clusters. The Néel order parameter and the spin glass order parameter can be smoothly extrapolated to the thermodynamic limit in the antiferromagnetic region, as in the pure Heisenberg antiferromagnet. The critical concentration of the Néel phase is consistent with that of the two-dimensional Ising Mattis model, and the spin glass order parameter increases monotonously as the ferro-bond concentration increases. These facts suggest that quantum fluctuation does not play an essential role in two-dimensional non-frustrated random spin systems. KEYWORDS: quantum spin system, ground state, randomness, Mattis model, Néel order, spin glass order

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arXiv1995

Ground-State Phase Diagrams of the Two-Dimensional Quantum Heisenberg Spin Glass Models

Ground-state properties of the two-dimensional $S=1/2$ random Heisenberg models are investigated by the exact-diagonalization method. The phase diagram of the bond-random model (the $\pm J$ model) is the same as that of the corresponding Ising spin glass model, in spite of quantum fluctuation. In the site-random model, the spin glass phase exists at least in the ferro-rich case. In comparison with the corresponding Ising model, the Néel phase of this model becomes much narrower in the ferro-rich case, while it is comparable in the antiferro-rich case. KEYWORDS: quantum spin glass, Heisenberg model, ground-state phase transition, site-random model, exact diagonalization

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arXiv1995

Long-Range Order of the Site-Random Spin Glass Model

The site-random Ising spin glass model is investigated. We find a rigorous symmetry for the SG correlation and the free energy, which provides some restrictions in the phase diagram. Using the defect energies calculated by the numerical transfer matrix method, we obtain evidence for the existence of the SG phase in the two-dimensional Ising system. We suggest that the transitions from the FM and the AF phases in the ground state in this model can be explained by the percolated-cluster picture, which is quite different from the frustration picture in the conventional $\pm J$ model.

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