Interface energies in ising spin glasses

• Published in: Physical review letters Vol. 90; no. 12; p. 127202
• Main Authors: Aspelmeier, T, Moore, M A, Young, A P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 28.03.2003

The replica method has been used to calculate the interface free energy associated with the change from periodic to antiperiodic boundary conditions in finite-dimensional spin glasses. At mean-field level the interface free energy vanishes, but after allowing for fluctuation effects, a nonzero inter...