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dc.contributor.authorBrangian, Claudio
dc.date.accessioned2001-12-31T23:00:00Z
dc.date.available2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.identifier.urihttps://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/3932-
dc.description.abstractA complete understanding of the glass transition isstill a challenging problem. Some researchers attributeit to the (hypothetical) occurrence of a static phasetransition, others emphasize the dynamical transitionof mode coupling-theory from an ergodic to a non ergodicstate. A class of disordered spin models has been foundwhich unifies both scenarios. One of these models isthe p-state infinite range Potts glass with p>4, whichexhibits in the thermodynamic limit both a dynamicalphase transition at a temperature T_D, and a static oneat T_0 < T_D. In this model every spins interacts withall the others, irrespective of distance. Interactionsare taken from a Gaussian distribution.In order to understand better its behavior forfinite number N of spins and the approach to thethermodynamic limit, we have performed extensive MonteCarlo simulations of the p=10 Potts glass up to N=2560.The time-dependent spin-autocorrelation function C(t)shows strong finite size effects and it does not showa plateau even for temperatures around the dynamicalcritical temperature T_D. We show that the N-andT-dependence of the relaxation time for T > T_D can beunderstood by means of a dynamical finite size scalingAnsatz.The behavior in the spin glass phase down to atemperature T=0.7 (about 60% of the transitiontemperature) is studied. Well equilibratedconfigurations are obtained with the paralleltempering method, which is also useful for properlyestablishing static properties, such as the orderparameter distribution function P(q). Evidence is givenfor the compatibility with a one step replica symmetrybreaking scenario. The study of the cumulants of theorder parameter does not permit a reliable estimation ofthe static transition temperature. The autocorrelationfunction at low T exhibits a two-step decay, and ascaling behavior typical of supercooled liquids, thetime-temperature superposition principle, is observed. Inthis region the dynamics is governed by Arrheniusrelaxations, with barriers growing like N^{1/2}.We analyzed the single spin dynamics down to temperaturesmuch lower than the dynamical transition temperature. We found strong dynamical heterogeneities, which explainthe non-exponential character of the spin autocorrelationfunction. The spins seem to relax according to dynamicalclusters. The model in three dimensions tends to acquireferromagnetic order for equal concentration of ferro-and antiferromagnetic bonds. The ordering has differentcharacteristics from the pure ferromagnet. The spinglass susceptibility behaves like chi_{SG} proportionalto 1/T in the region where a spin glass is predicted toexist in mean-field. Also the analysis of the cumulantsis consistent with the absence of spin glass orderingat finite temperature. The dynamics shows multi-scalerelaxations if a bimodal distribution of bonds isused. We propose to understand it with a model based onthe local spin configuration. This is consistent with theabsence of plateaus if Gaussian interactions are used.en_GB
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsInCopyrightde_DE
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dc.subject.ddc530 Physikde_DE
dc.subject.ddc530 Physicsen_GB
dc.titleMonte Carlo simulations of Potts glassesen_GB
dc.typeDissertationde_DE
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:hebis:77-3403
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-3930-
jgu.type.dinitypedoctoralThesis
jgu.type.versionOriginal worken_GB
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jgu.organisation.departmentFB 08 Physik, Mathematik u. Informatik-
jgu.organisation.year2002
jgu.organisation.number7940-
jgu.organisation.nameJohannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz-
jgu.rights.accessrightsopenAccess-
jgu.organisation.placeMainz-
jgu.subject.ddccode530
opus.date.accessioned2001-12-31T23:00:00Z
opus.date.modified2001-12-31T23:00:00Z
opus.date.available2002-01-01T00:00:00
opus.organisation.stringFB 08: Physik, Mathematik und Informatik: FB 08: Physik, Mathematik und Informatikde_DE
opus.identifier.opusid340
opus.institute.number0800
opus.metadataonlyfalse
opus.type.contenttypeDissertationde_DE
opus.type.contenttypeDissertationen_GB
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