Physical Review Letters · 2009 · 54 citations · 13 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsComputational PhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsMagnetic MaterialsExchange InteractionsMagnetism In SolidsOrder-disorder TransformationsPhase TransitionsSymmetry BreakingChiralityExchange Interactions In Heisenberg ModelsHeisenberg ModelSpin Glass BehaviorSpin GlassesSpin Systems
Ordering of the three-dimensional Heisenberg spin glass with Gaussian coupling is studied by extensive Monte Carlo simulations. The model undergoes successive chiral-glass and spin-glass transitions at nonzero temperatures T_{CG}>T_{SG}>0, exhibiting spin-chirality decoupling.
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