Coexistence of Spin-Glass and Ferromagnetic Orderings

Abstract

The phase diagram of the infinite-range model of spin-glasses exhibits two mixed phases. In these mixed phases, ferromagnetism and spin-glass order coexist, due to freezing of the transverse degrees of freedom or replica symmetry breaking. This may help to interpret a number of recent experimental findings, e.g., in $\mathrm{Au}\mathrm{Fe}$.