Weak randomness in geometrically frustrated systems: spin-glasses. (28th January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Schmidt, M; Zimmer, F M; Magalhaes, S G
• Is Part Of: Physica scripta. Volume 90:Number 2(2015:Feb.)
• Publication Date: 2015-01-28
• Subjects: spin-glass -- disorder -- geometrical frustration; Physics -- Periodicals; 530.05
• DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/90/2/025809
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0031-8949

Abstract

Abstract: We study the competition between the spin-glass (SG) phase and antiferromagnetic (AF), superantiferromagnetic or ferromagnetic (FE) order in geometrically frustrated systems. We consider a model with two types of frustration: one coming from disordered interactions ( J ) and another coming from the square-lattice Ising spin system with first-( J 1 ) and second-( J 2 ) neighbor interactions (intrinsic frustration). The disordered interactions are between clusters and they follow the van Hemmen model, which represents a limit of weak frustration. The cluster mean-field approximation is used to treat the short-range intercluster interactions. Results are exhibited in phase diagrams of the temperature T versus J for several values of . When the intrinsic frustration increases, the Néel and Curie temperatures decrease at the same time so that the SG phase appears at a lower J . Moreover, the FE correlations enhance the SG behavior, while AF correlations reduce the SG region at the same level of intrinsic frustration. These results indicate that a weak disorder in geometrically frustrated systems is able to stabilize the SG phase.