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Temperature chaos is a non-local effect

  • L. A. Fernandez
  • , E. Marinari
  • , V. Martin-Mayor
  • , G. Parisi
  • , D. Yllanes
  • Complutense University
  • University of Zaragoza
  • University of Rome La Sapienza
  • Syracuse University

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Abstract

Temperature chaos plays a role in important effects, for example memory and rejuvenation, in spin glasses, colloids, polymers. We numerically investigate temperature chaos in spin glasses, exploiting its recent characterization as a rare-event driven phenomenon. The peculiarities of the transformation from periodic to anti-periodic boundary conditions in spin glasses allow us to conclude that temperature chaos is non-local: no bounded region of the system causes it. We precisely show the statistical relationship between temperature chaos and the free-energy changes upon varying boundary conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number123301
JournalJournal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
Volume2016
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • spin glasses

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