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Spin Glasses

Spin Glasses is a theoretical model in condensed matter physics characterized by randomly distributed magnetic exchange interactions that lead to frustrated spin configurations and a complex energy landscape with numerous metastable states, distinguishing it from ordered magnetic phases such as ferromagnetism.

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2017–2026

378

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Publications

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Spin glasses: Experimental facts, theoretical concepts, and open questions

Kurt Binder, A. P. Young · Reviews of Modern Physics · 1986 · 5.2K citations

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Solvable Model of a Spin-Glass

David C. Sherrington, Scott Kirkpatrick · Physical Review Letters · 1975 · 4.3K citations

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Theory of spin glasses

S. F. Edwards, Philip W. Anderson · Journal of Physics F Metal Physics · 1975 · 4K citations

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Anomalous low-temperature thermal properties of glasses and spin glasses

Philip W. Anderson, B. I. Halperin, C. M. Varma · Philosophical magazine · 1972 · 3.5K citations

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The Energy Landscapes and Motions of Proteins

Hans Frauenfelder, Stephen G. Sligar, Peter G. Wolynes · Science · 1991 · 3.2K citations

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Authors

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  1. GP
    Giorgio Parisi

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    130 publications · 14K citations

    47

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  2. AP
    A. P. Young

    University of California, Santa Cruz, United States

    65 publications · 9.4K citations

    36

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  3. FR
    Federico Ricci‐Tersenghi

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    51 publications · 2.6K citations

    31

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  4. MA
    M. A. Moore

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    51 publications · 3.6K citations

    30

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  5. AJ
    A. J. Bray

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    46 publications · 4K citations

    30

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Institutions

1.6K

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    57 h-index

    558 publications

    28.1K citations

  2. Sapienza University of Rome

    Rome, Italy

    50 h-index

    397 publications

    23.3K citations

  3. Université Paris-Sud

    Orsay, France

    46 h-index

    315 publications

    17.6K citations

  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    41 h-index

    141 publications

    23.3K citations

  5. CEA Paris-Saclay

    Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    41 h-index

    202 publications

    12.3K citations

  6. Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives

    Paris, France

    40 h-index

    229 publications

    13.1K citations

  7. Laboratoire de Physique Théorique

    Toulouse, France

    39 h-index

    105 publications

    9.5K citations

  8. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    38 h-index

    260 publications

    12.8K citations

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  1. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 450 publications · 50.7K citations

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  2. Physical review. B, Condensed matter

    PRB · 530 publications · 35.6K citations

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  3. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

    198 publications · 14.7K citations

    51

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  4. Journal of Physics C Solid State Physics

    182 publications · 9.4K citations

    50

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  5. Physical Review B

    PRB · 201 publications · 7.7K citations

    48

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