Abstract
Spin waves in two disordered ferromagnetic 1D models are studied by means of a direct diagonalisation and of a decimation technique. In the first model the exchange couplings are absolute values of the gaussian numbers (unit dispersion). In the second model Jij are uniformly distributed between 0.1 and 1.1. This yields, as opposed to the first model, a finite (1/J). It is only for this second case that Theodorou (1982) has predicted the existence of extended spin waves. The authors' studies show that there is no qualitative difference between the two models. For a finite-sized system there is a 'mobility edge' separating extended from localised states but its position shifts towards zero with increasing size. For an infinite system, in both models, there are no truly extended states, at least at energies exceeding 0.003.
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