Metastability and convergence to equilibrium for the random field Curie-Weiss model

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 679-732

  Mathieu, P ^a   Picco, P ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Univ Toulon Var Ctr Phys Theor   (France)

Author keywords

Curie Weiss model; Glauber dynamics; Metastability; Random magnetic field; Random spin systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032071447     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1023085829152     Document Type: Article

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