Quantum effects in spin glasses

28 September 1979

journal article
Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics

Vol. 12 (18) , L735-L737
https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/12/18/007

Abstract

The variational approach of Fischer (1975) is extended to include the quantum nature of the static order parameter q in a spin glass. This simple mean-field calculation indicates the absence of an Edwards-Anderson spin glass phase for S=¹/₂ Heisenberg spins.

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