Title

Numerical Investigation of the Thermodynamic Limit for Ground States in Models with Quenched Disorder

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Alan Middleton, Syracuse UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Date

7-27-1999

Language

English

Disciplines

Physics

Description/Abstract

The effect of open boundary conditions for four models with quenched disorder are studied in finite samples by numerical ground state calculations. Extrapolation to the infinite volume limit indicates that the configurations in ``windows'' of fixed size converge to a unique configuration, up to global symmetries. The scaling of this convergence is consistent with calculations based on the fractal dimension of domain walls. These results provide strong evidence for the ``two-state'' picture of the low temperature behavior of these models. Convergence in three-dimensional systems can require relatively large windows.

Additional Information

5 pages, 4 eps figures included; clarifications, modified references, to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett More information at http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9904285

Recommended Citation

Middleton, Alan, "Numerical Investigation of the Thermodynamic Limit for Ground States in Models with Quenched Disorder" (1999). Physics - All Scholarship. 197.
https://surface.syr.edu/phy/197

Source

Harvested from Arxiv.org

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