On spin systems with quenched randomness: Classical and quantum

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 389, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2902-2906

  Greenblatt, Rafael L ^a   Aizenman, Michael ^b   Lebowitz, Joel L ^a,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lattice spin systems; Quenched disorder

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; GROUND STATE; QUANTUM OPTICS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SPIN DYNAMICS;

CONTINUOUS SYMMETRY; CONTINUOUSLY DIFFERENTIABLE; D -DIMENSIONAL LATTICES; FIRST-ORDER PHASE TRANSITIONS; GROUND-STATE ENERGIES; LATTICE SPIN SYSTEMS; QUENCHED DISORDER; QUENCHED RANDOMNESS;

HAMILTONIANS;

EID: 79960968277     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2009.12.066     Document Type: Article

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