Irene Giardina Cirano De DominicisCambridge University Press, 10/26/2006EAN 9780521847834, ISBN10: 0521847834Hardcover, 230 pages, 25.4 x 17.8 x 1.4 cmLanguage: EnglishDisordered magnetic systems enjoy non-trivial properties which are different and richer than those observed in their pure, non-disordered counterparts. These properties dramatically affect the thermodynamic behaviour and require specific theoretical treatment. This book deals with the theory of magnetic systems in the presence of frozen disorder, in particular paradigmatic and well-known spin models such as the Random Field Ising Model and the Ising Spin Glass. This is a unified presentation using a field theory language which covers mean field theory, dynamics and perturbation expansion within the same theoretical framework. Particular emphasis is given to the connections between different approaches such as statics vs. dynamics, microscopic vs. phenomenological models. The book introduces some useful and little-known techniques in statistical mechanics and field theory. This book will be of great interest to graduate students and researchers in statistical physics and basic field theory.1. A brief introduction2. The Random Field Ising model3. The dynamical approach4. The p=2 spherical model5. Mean field spin glassesone-step RSB6. The Sherrington–Kirkpatrick model7. Mean field via TAP equations8. Spin glass above D=69. Propagators, mostly replicon10. Ward–Takahashi identities and Goldstone modes11. Alternative approaches and conclusionsAppendicesIndex.' ... written in a masterly and elegant fashion by two remarkable researchers who have themselves ... fundamentally contributed to the subject ...' Journal of Statistical Physics
