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Spin Glasses: Irreversibility, Metastability and the Free Energy Surface

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Magnetic Phase Transitions

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Abstract

The subject of spin glasses has received a great deal of attention for over a decade [1,2]. Though enormous amounts of time and effort have gone into understanding these systems, for the most part, the effort has not been terribly successful. While a number of advances have been made, a basic, fundamental understanding of the problem is still lacking.

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  1. Corporate Research Science Laboratories, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Linden, NJ, 07306, USA

    Gary S. Grest & C. M. Soukoulis

  2. The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA

    K. Levin

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    Marcel Ausloos

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Grest, G.S., Soukoulis, C.M., Levin, K. (1983). Spin Glasses: Irreversibility, Metastability and the Free Energy Surface. In: Ausloos, M., Elliott, R.J. (eds) Magnetic Phase Transitions. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 48. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82138-7_12

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