Abstract
This Letter shows that in the mean-field approximation spin-glasses must be described by an infinite number of order parameters in the framework of the replica theory.
- Received 22 June 1979
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.43.1754
©1979 American Physical Society
Focus
FocusNobel Prize: Complexity, from Atoms to Atmospheres
Published 5 October 2021
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics honors research on complex systems that undergo significant fluctuations, including glasses and Earth’s climate.
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