Solvable Model of a Spin-Glass

David C. Sherrington, Scott Kirkpatrick

Physical Review Letters · 1975 · 4.3K citations · 7 references

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Abstract

We consider an Ising model in which the spins are coupled by infinite-ranged random interactions independently distributed with a Gaussian probability density. Both "spinglass" and ferromagnetic phases occur. The competition between the phases and the type of order present in each are studied.

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